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Media development action with informed and engaged societies
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As of March 15 2025, The Communication Initiative (The CI) platform is operating at a reduced level, with no new content being posted to the global website and registration/login functions disabled. (La Iniciativa de Comunicación, or CILA, will keep running.) While many interactive functions are no longer available, The CI platform remains open for public use, with all content accessible and searchable until the end of 2025. 

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The News Media (and) Development Network

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No matter the mission of an organisation, media is central to the change process. This applies to news media and journalism based organisations. And it also applies to all of those organisations seeking to expand debate, dialogue and critical review of the issues on which they are focused. The range of concerns is large, from questions of journalism standards, expanded levels of investigative journalism, media ownership and journalist safety across the spectrum to diverse media as a vital part of thriving democracies, expanded public dialogue on sensitive questions such as discrimination and prejudice that underpin so many issues, critial review of policies and programmes and creating the space for expanded public engagement and leadership on the priority development issues in their context.