Australia's radio launches new digital channels
Three new ABC music channels are were launched on 1 July in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
ABC Radio director Kate Dundas says digital listeners will have access to the current five ABC Radio services - ABC Classic FM, ABC Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, triple j and the local radio station.
Workshop: Good Governance and Investigative Reporting
Applications are invited from staff at CBA member organisations in the Caribbean for this three-day workshop. It will take place at TV6 in Trinidad from the 17th to 19th August 2009.
The workshop will cover a range of mechanisms, standards and tools that can be used to encourage transparency and good governance. It will also look at the role of media in the fight against corruption .
Places on this workshop are limited and MUST be endorsed by your manager. Places are are only open to CBA member organisation staff.
Canadian wins Commonwealth Vision Awards
Greg Hemmings, a young Canadian film-maker, won First Prize in this year’s Commonwealth Vision Awards. This year’s prize was presented by Lord Puttnam, the Award winning filmmaker.
Hemmings’ entry ‘Papikatuk’, looks at the effects of climate change and cultural transformation in a small community in the Canadian Arctic region of Nunavik. It is narrated by a young Inuit boy named Papikatuk
Social Media and the CBA
You can now keep up with the CBA in two new and exciting ways.
The CBA has a Facebook page. You can join our group here: www.cba.org.uk/facebook
The CBA has also just started tweeting on Twitter. You can follow us here: http://twitter.com/commonwealthba
UNESCO seeks Pacific Broadcasters
The UNESCO Office for the Pacific States based in Apia, Samoa is inviting Expressions of Interest from Pacific broadcasting media organisation to participate at the International Conference on Broadcast Media & Climate Change at the UNESCO HQ in Paris from the 4th - 5th September, 2009.
The aim of the Conference is to highlight the public-service remit of broadcast media in raising awareness on climate change, and to increase cooporation between national broadcasters.
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