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Thoughts from the Arab Press Freedom Forum

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Attending the annual Arab Press Freedom Forum held last month in Tunis provided me with the opportunity to discuss the progress made and challenges ahead in media reform with colleagues from the region and from the international media development community The debates were vigorous and the opinions diverse, but I came away with a few key points:
 

Attending the annual Arab Press Freedom Forum held last month in Tunis provided me with the opportunity to discuss the progress made and challenges ahead in media reform with colleagues from the region and from the international media development community The debates were vigorous and the opinions diverse, but I came away with a few key points:

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Protesters in the Middle East seek freedom

Tunisian Media Experience a Chance to Change

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While Tunisia’s revolution continues to have different meanings for different constituencies, perhaps in nowhere is the transformation more profoundly felt than in the media sector. After decades of extreme censorship, and in some cases outright brutality directed against journalists and editors, and more recently bloggers, who circumvented the government line, media representatives now feel the fear and intimidation lifting.

I recently conducted an assessment for IREX in the Middle East and North Africa to explore how we might best respond to the rapid changes and diverse needs across the region. Here are some of my thoughts on media and Tunisia after spending some time there. Special thanks to my colleague and mentor, Drusilla Menaker, for her substantial contributions to this piece.

Top Secret Submarines and the Joys of Media Development

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I realized just how incredibly far media development has come as myself and some colleagues entered the bunker-like submarine tunnels the Soviet navy built to withstand 20 kilotons of nuclear explosion (roughly twice the power of those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.)

Eleeza AgopianI realized just how incredibly far media development has come as myself and some colleagues entered the bunker-like submarine tunnels the Soviet navy built to withstand 20 kilotons of nuclear explosion (roughly twice the power of those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.) The tunnels are encased in a stone mountain in Balaklava, Ukraine, just south of Sevastopol in Crimea, and offered both a secret spot for s

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