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• 04.08.16 "BTelephony": Reporting with mobile phones to enhance access to information in Yemen Reporting in a conflict zone comes with additional risks for any journalists reporting from the frontline. In Yemen, the safety of journalists has been highly affected by the ongoing crisis the country is facing. In some instances, journalists were directly targeted for conducting their work and for carrying reporting equipment. To enable journalists to continue reporting information to the public while guaranteeing their safety, UNESCO has been working with La Saqf Media on a project entitled "BTelephony" to train 11 young Yemeni journalists on using ICTs, particularly mobile phones, to enhance access to information in war-torn Yemen in June 2016 in Sana'a, Yemen.

• 03.08.16 Zika information campaign: Improving media coverage on the virus, epidemics and crisis The current Zika virus outbreaks have caused increasing alarm in countries across the world, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Recently, The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that "based on research, there is scientific consensus that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré Syndrom" - intensifying even more its harmfulness and the need for preventive action.

• 02.08.16 New ways of financing journalism: looking for the communities they serve This news item is only available in Spanish at the moment

• 02.08.16 IPDC Chair joins debate about research for media development Media development should go beyond a focus of projects, and even on programmes. It has to begin to look at building sustainable institutions. This was the contribution at a recent conference by Albana Shala, Chair of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).

• 02.08.16 Experts promote gender equality in media for sustainable development Women's equality in and through media and ICTs is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the message of a panel convened by members of the Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) in Leicester last week at the conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research.

• 02.08.16 UNESCO promotes World Trends Report to communications scholars An in-depth panel discussion at an international conference last week drew the attention of media academics to the latest UNESCO report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development – Special Digital Focus 2015.

• 01.08.16 Internet Universality on the agenda at international research conference A lively panel discussion on the Internet last week debated the issues of the universal and the particular. It took place at the conference of the International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR), in Leicester, UK.

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