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April 28, 2010
 A market research survey commissioned by IREX has revealed a general distrust of TV media; the highest rated TV network in Iraq was seen as "trusted" by only 33% of Iraqis. This distrust of media in Iraq extends to foreign language media as well with most (67%) Iraqis expressing distrust in non-Iraqi news. |
April 26, 2010
 Tensions between ethnic group and nationalities in the Balkans existed long before the conflict in the 1990s; since then, the relationship between Serbs and Kosovars has not markedly abated. |
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April 3, 2010
 When Ashwaq Anbar first arrived for civil-society and leadership trainings—organized by IREX Europe and its partner Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF)—in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, her fellow trainees were not sure what to make of her. |
April 1, 2010
 Congratulations to Aleksandar Stojkovic for his winning photo of his colleague Srdjan Ilic on an improvised anchor chair during an in-house training IREX arranged for their television station, TV 017 in Vranje (through the Serbia Media Assistance Program). |
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March 25, 2010
 In the nearly 20 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, numerous Russian media outlets have become dynamic multimedia organizations, while others have struggled with how to incorporate new technologies. |
March 10, 2010
 It’s not easy to broadcast a film festival over radio airwaves, but that’s just what IREX partner City Radio did for the open-air film festival in Nis, Serbia. City Radio, with the help of IREX Serbia, provided a seven-hour remote broadcast of the festival’s opening ceremony and first day, including live interviews with actors and other participants by using 3G mobile systems to broadcast the event. |
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January 12, 2010
 Citizen journalists and even professionals in Jordan are often ill-equipped to serve as both advocates and reporters of the news. Furthermore, though there are a number of well-regarded bloggers in Jordan and throughout the Arab world, they are not all considered to be reputable sources of information. |
September 30, 2009
 For the first time, journalism students in Baghdad will be able to practice their craft before launching professional careers in a new internship program IREX has launched. With the cooperation of the College of Information at Baghdad University, in July IREX instituted two one-month internships for journalism students. |
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September 22, 2009
 Ira Glass, host of Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life, spoke to more than 200 Russian regional radio journalists in Moscow during the Together Radio Festival this summer. |
September 6, 2009
 Faced with some of the region’s highest licensing fees, Serbia’s Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) recently successfully lobbied the country’s Republic Broadcasting Agency (RBA) to lower its charges based on a sliding scale. The lobbying efforts were augmented with help from IREX and USAID. |
