Media development action with informed and engaged societies
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Media Helping Media (MHM)

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This online initiative is designed to provide a communication platform for members of the media in transition states, post-conflict countries, and areas where freedom of expression and media freedom is under threat.
Communication Strategies

Media Helping Media is a participatory website designed by and for journalists in order to share information and spark dialogue. Operating under a Creative Commons license, MHM offers free training modules, many of them created to order. The MHM Forum is a place where all registered members can post and discuss any issues that have to do with media development and freedom of expression.

MHM has volunteer authors on every continent; the front page mainly features the latest or most popular training modules. MHM encourages media organisations to reuse any article published on MHM, as long as they mention the name of the site and provide a link back to MHM.

This initiative is also designed to share information and build capacity through features such as a "tools" section focused on media ethics, media management, media training, and investigative journalism.

Development Issues

Rights.

Key Points

MHM was built in response for the need in many developing countries for free and reliable training resources. It is maintained and updated by David Brewer, who is a media strategy consultant involved in international media development, in collaboration with several colleagues.

Sources

Posting to the Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) email list on July 7 2007; the MHM website, April 24 2008; and email from David Brewer to The Communication Initiative on October 22 2010.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 07:59 Permalink

Excellent Site!As someone just starting out in citizen journalism,the site has been an invaluable resource.Please keep adding to the tools and training.
Thank You for the great work you've done on the site!

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