alternative media

As World Press Freedom Day approaches and interest in ongoing popular uprisings in the Middle East garner well-deserved attention in the press, we should not forget how the digital revolution continues to upend traditional notions of media (and traditional notions of state control over the media) all over the globe.

One of my favorite things about working for IREX’s media development division is the chance to learn more about what kind of media makes people tick all around the world. In Ukraine, one television station we worked with developed a strong following for a series on the history of World War II and its impact on southern Ukraine.