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June 27, 2013
Media in Botswana - Africa MSI

IREX’s latest Africa Media Sustainability Index (MSI) found that traditional media remain the preferred source of news. Many benefits presented by online media have yet to reach most citizens in the 42 sub-Saharan African countries analyzed. Nonetheless, transition to online and mobile format media appears inevitable.

August 16, 2011

One hundred American high school teachers from across the country are internationalizing their fall lesson plans after returning from global professional development visits worldwide.

January 13, 2011
by Sarah Dye
2011 ILEP Fellows Arrive in US

Last week, 74 teachers from 15 countries around world gathered in Washington DC for the International Leaders in Education Program.

October 5, 2010
by Eleeza V. Agopian
Thousands of Turkish citizens hold vigil to protest Hrant Dink's murder in 2007.

If anyone with a camera, computer, or blog can be considered a journalist, does it make sense for laws to create special protections for journalists? Or, if a journalist must be someone employed by a media organization, someone who earns a regular salary and is specifically tasked with collecting and disseminating news and information, does it make sense to extend special legal protections only to that group?

September 20, 2010
by Sarah Dye
TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grant Award Recipients Announced

IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition for the Fall 2010 cycle.