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The Struggle to Build Public Service Broadcasting in Iraq April 6, 2006 The mission of the IREX media team working for the USAID sponsored Iraq Civil Society Program was straightforward: assist the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) in developing true public service programming and principles.	Local Tajik NGO Fights Bribery through Media and Public Discussion April 4, 2006 In Tajikistan today, the existence of corruption is as pervasive as society’s indifference to corruption. Low wages, high unemployment, and the absence of functioning civic institutions or invested, responsible government all contribute to a sense of helplessness permeating the Tajik landscape, while the wary population has come to see corruption as a normal phenomenon.
MENA MEDIA TV Production Fund: Small Grants Available to Arab TV Companies to Produce Local Content March 16, 2006 Independent Arab television news producers will be able to obtain financial support for their research and productions this year. The TV Production Fund Small Grants awards will be made under the MENA MEDIA program, administered through the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and AmmanNet, and funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).	Coming to Terms with War Crimes: Media Bring the Hague Trials Home to the Citizens February 22, 2006 When retired Croatian General Ante Gotovina was captured in the Canary Islands in December, it marked a significant moment in the history of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Journalists and NGO leaders work together to fight gender violence in South Asia February 7, 2006 Just opposite the palm-lined promenade defining the reach of the Indian Ocean, journalists and NGO activists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka gathered in Colombo to discuss how the power of the media can help to eradicate human trafficking and violence against women and children in the region.	IREX Condemns the Assassination of An-Nahar Publisher Gebran Tueni December 13, 2005 IREX condemns the assassination of An-Nahar publisher Gebran Tueni and extends condolences to his family, his colleagues at An-Nahar, and to the people of Lebanon.
Access to Information in Morocco: Centre for Media Freedom Report Recommends Steps towards Reform November 11, 2005 The Casablanca-based Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA), an IREX grantee, has published a report "The Right of Access to Information in Morocco."	Iraqis Build Commercial Independent National News Agency October 25, 2005 Behind the blast walls and checkpoints that carve through Baghdad, above a street lined with long-shuttered international airline offices and dusty antiquarians, an independent Iraqi news agency has come to life.
ELECTION REPORTING IN AFRICA: Following the money in Nigeria September 30, 2005 Corruption in Nigeria is crippling and damaging the country’s fragile democracy. Money has been a key tool in distorting the political process and governance of this African nation of over 150 million citizens.	International Media Conference in Morocco Promotes Free and Professional Media May 24, 2005 A producer from the Aljazeera Arabic news satellite channel debates with a young Afghan journalist about reporting in conflict environments.