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Post-Olympic Media Development Russia Reflections?

Hi,

Now that the Winter Olympics are complete, with the attention of the world on Russia and perhaps media practices there, I wondered if any journalists had any experience with or comments on the media environment in Russia at this time. This summary on The CI site - The Last Gasp of Empire: Russia's Attempts to Control the Media in the Former Soviet Republics http://www.comminit.com/media-development/content/last-gasp-empire-russias-attempts-control-media-former-soviet-republics - includes the point from author David Satter that "training programs for journalists and media managers in the former Soviet Union, while no panacea, can help acquaint them with well-tested practices. It will also require the media development community to collaborate more closely with broader development and foreign policy efforts to support democratic institutions."

What might such a collaboration look like?

~ Kier

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Hi Kier, Thanks for the

Hi Kier,
Thanks for the example and for posing the question on the media environment in Russia.
Regarding media development collaboration with broader development and foreign policy efforts to support democratic institutions, these institutions, among others, are likely to have work available on the topic:
Open Society Foundations, for example: http://www.comminit.com/media-development/content/mapping-digital-media-citizen-journalism-and-internet

BBC Media Action, for example: http://www.comminit.com/media-development/content/bbc%E2%80%99s-api-partnerships-bolster-journalism-africa-0

and CIMA, for example: http://www.comminit.com/media-development/content/working-concert-coordination-collaboration-international-media-development

For more on media development and journalism training, here is a list of summaries associated with training:
http://www.comminit.com/media-development/search/apachesolr_search/Journalism%20training

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