How to Develop a Mission Statement
Mission: Why you do what you do; the organization’s reason for being, its purpose. Says what, in the end, you want to be remembered for.
Changing the mission — or creating an organization’s first mission statement — is a process of gathering ideas and suggestions for the mission and honing them into a short, sharply focused phrase that meets specific criteria.
Community radio case studies
This report investigates the theory and operation of community radio as an information-sharing tool for rural development in Africa. Using three case studies, the report seeks to highlight the positive results of a well-organised community radio operation, as well as discuss the obstacles to effective communication through rural radio. The report was published in response to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Education for All Forum (EFA) held in Dakar in 2000, which emphasised the power of community radio to overcome the challenges of high illiteracy rates, the limits of formal education, and geographic and cultural boundaries.
What is Community Radio? - A resource guide - (MS Word)
This booklet discusses the role of community radio stations in building participatory democracy and development in Africa - and offers ideas as to how such stations can be established. It provides an understanding of the renewed popularity in community radio, as well as the reasons why it is controversial, and perhaps threatening, from the point of view of commercial and public broadcasters.
It has to be remembered that the definitions and examples referred to in this booklet are dynamic and that the concept of ‘community radio’ should be re-visited or redefined as societal developments dictate.
Published by AMARC Africa and Panos Southern Africa.
What is the special significance of community media to civil society? - CRIS - Communication Rights in the Information Society
Community media provide a vital alternative to the profit-oriented agenda of corporate media. They are driven by social objectives rather than the private, profit motive. They empower people rather than treat them as passive consumers, and they nurture local knowledge rather than replace it with standard solutions. Ownership and control of community media is rooted in, and responsible to, the communities they serve. And they are committed to human rights, social justice, the environment and sustainable approaches to development.
How to do Community Radio: UNESCO-CI
A Primer for Community Radio Operators. By Louie Tabing of the Philippines.
The African Community Radio Manager’s Handbook - PDF
By AMARC Africa and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism.
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