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Gilberds Outlines Diverse Radio Landscape in Africa

May 6, 2016
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"The African media landscape has diversified greatly in recent years," Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) Fellow Heather Gilberds said during a talk on May 3. Radio is one of the most popular forms of media in Africa for several reasons including relatively low levels of internet penetration across the continent and limited access to energy, particularly in rural areas.

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Holbrooke Fellow Moore Brings a Wealth of Experience to The Aleppo Project

May 5, 2016
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This year Meghan Moore is serving as a Holbrooke Fellow and academic researcher with the School of Public Policy's Center for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery (CCNR). "It's an amazing opportunity to step back and look at conflict-related issues from a very different perspective," she explained.

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Unifying Refugee Aid Team Publishes Summary of February Workshop

May 4, 2016
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The Unifying Refugee Aid (URA) team has issued an insightful and useful summary of the workshop (available for download here) that it organized at the School of Public Policy at Central European University on February 12-13, 2016.

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Sobekova (MPA ’16) Attends UNGASS with International Crisis Group

May 3, 2016
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Lucia Sobekova (MPA '16) has been working as a consultant on drug policy for the International Crisis Group Latin American Office. In addition to researching the links between drugs and crime in Latin America, she attended UNGASS so that she could inform International Crisis Group about its implications for the future of drug policy.

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Different Media Systems in U.S. and France Impact Success of Online News Startups Says Powers

May 2, 2016
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"What makes a startup start in the news business?" asked Matthew Powers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, during a presentation at the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) on April 26. In a comparative study conducted with Sandra Vera Zambrano from Sciences Po Toulouse, Powers analyzed the news ecologies in Seattle, Washington and Toulouse, France. 

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