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Meet the Photo Contest Judges March 14, 2012 We are excited to announce the judges for the Make a Better World Photo Contest. The panel consists of experts in the fields of photojournalism, communications and international development. They will decide the winners in two categories: Grand Prize and Best in an IREX Focus Area.	Media Training for Iraqi Small Business Development Centers March 14, 2012 Business development centers in Iraq are taking the first steps to better serve their business community by providing regular news and advertising opportunities.
Multimedia Education Center Opens in Tbilisi, Georgia March 13, 2012 by Rusudan Rukhadze-Tsutkiridze The new Multimedia Education Center opening March 14, 2012 in Tbilisi will change journalism education in Georgia. The Center provides journalism students the opportunity to work in multiple media platforms, alongside professional journalists, using the latest visual media tools.	IREX’s Make a Better World Photo Contest Begins! March 1, 2012 IREX is pleased to announce the launch of our first ever public, professionally juried photo contest! The contest seeks for photographs of individuals and scenes representing the IREX tagline, “Make a Better World” around the world in one or more of IREX’s seven focus areas: Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Education, Gender, Media, Technology for Development, and Youth.
Business Savvy Key to Sustainable Media Development in Liberia February 28, 2012 by Bill Burke Liberia has witnessed robust growth in the media sector in recent years, but without a background in business, media managers are struggling to keep their enterprises in operation.	Productive Partnerships: Nonprofits, For-Profits, and International Corporate Philanthropy Day February 27, 2012 by Randal Mason As today is International Corporate Philanthropy Day, we salute private-sector partnerships that seek to make a better world. IREX's work is supported by a mix of funding from government agencies, private foundations, and individual donors. Corporate philanthropy also plays an important role in IREX's programming, especially in such areas as education, technology and media development.
Multimedia Education Center to Open in Tbilisi February 24, 2012 by Rusudan Rukhadze The new Multimedia Education Center (MEC) in Tbilisi, Georgia officially opens in March, but students at the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management (CSJMM) got a sneak peek and have already begun classes in the state-of-the-art space.	Training the Next Generation of Iraqi Journalists February 17, 2012 by Yahya al-Bayati “Journalism is not about what journalists want to say, it’s about what citizens have a right to know and now technology makes that possible,” Dr Hamdan Al Salim noted after one of IREX’s workshops for journalism professors in Iraq on “How to Teach Media.”
Thoughts from the Arab Press Freedom Forum February 10, 2012 by Drusilla Menaker 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:	From Velvet to Jasmine: Contextualizing Media Development between Eastern Europe and the Middle East January 13, 2012 by Leon Morse One year ago, Tunisian president Zine el Abidine ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, resigned his position, and Tunisia embarked upon its transition to a new political structure. The “Arab Spring,” as it came to be called, has inspired many academics, development professionals, and others to draw comparisons to the events in Eastern Europe that roughly 20 years ago resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.