Production

Channel 4 Initiatives

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:37:38 +0200

Programme Description:

Although Channel 4 -as a public service television station- is publicly owned it is entirely self funded. Its remit is to innovate and appeal to everyone – different cultures, nationalities, religious persuasions, physical and mental abilities, sexual orientation, races and ages. Founded in the eighties to combat the monopoly of the BBC and ITV, Channel 4 commissions its programmes from over 300 production companies across the UK.

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BBC Initiatives

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:27:15 +0200

Programme Description:

The BBC is one of the world’s leading media organisations. Its mission is to enrich people’s lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain. They see their audiences as being at the heart of everything that they do. How to reflect and engage these audiences is a BBC priority. The BBC Diversity Centre is responsible for ensuring that the BBC is legally compliant with all antidiscrimination legislation, hard-wiring diversity into the DNA of the BBC through the Diversity Strategy which is comprised of 4 elements - employment, output, audiences, strategy and business planning. In 2006 an Editorial Executive of Diversity was hired to assist BBC Vision (responsible for BBC TV channels) with delivering authentic representation of the audiences they serve.

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VRT Diversity Unit

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:10:11 +0200

Programme Description:

In 2003 the VRT began extensive dialogue with ethnic minority communities in Flanders. The aim was to understand their point of view and incorporate this knowledge into the VRT Diversity Policy and Diversity Charter.

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European Children’s Radio (Radijojo)

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:49:13 +0200

Programme Description:

The Programme for International Student Assessment found that, in Germany, children from migrant backgrounds have dramatically less access to education than other children. It also identified a significant lack of engaging radio programming for children between the ages of 3 to 15. Radijojo is a radio station whose programming is entirely made by children, for children. As a nonprofit it carries no advertising and is totally independent. Children from a variety of backgrounds can take classes in media skills, social skills, geography, history and English to name but a few. Programme topics are limitless and can range from documentaries, news, debates and foreign affairs to music, health and business.

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PEARLS radio training course for women

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:33:01 +0200

Programme Description:

The Panjabi Centre (home of Desi Radio, a community radio station in Southall, London) and The Women’s Radio Group (a specialist training organisation) co-operated to offer radio production training to women from minority groups, particularly those from ethnic minorities, single parents, older women and women returning to work after being full time carers.

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Helpdesk

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:25:55 +0200

Programme Description:

Since 1987 Mira Media has worked with young journalists from ethnic minorities and the mainstream media through establishing itself as an expert on promoting diversity and inclusion in the Dutch media.

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Media & MultiCulturalità (www.MMC2000.net)

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:16:59 +0200

Programme Description:

Ethnic media and media professionals with ethnic minority backgrounds are still largely underrepresented in the Italian media. An Italian website, www.MMC2000.net, was launched in 2004, focusing specifically on this problem. The website reports on relevant news throughout Europe, whilst also making available important legislation and codes of conduct in relation to the media and ethnic diversity.

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Greek Turkish Media Programme

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:02:31 +0200

Programme Description:

Turkish and Greek relations have suffered from chronic tension for a long time. Considering the fact that 95% of Turkish people feel that Greeks are not to be trusted, although 93% have never met a Greek, and 70% of the Greeks asked would not trust a Turk even though 70% have never met a Turk, the tension seems to lie in mutual suspicion and fear rather than in personal experience. In the past these feelings have been instilled through social institutions, schools, families, and the mass media.

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Visibility Campaign on Equal Opportunities for All (TV Spots)

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:51:37 +0200

Programme Description:

During the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and the production company C-Media created a partnership to make documentaries representing communities fighting discrimination in Finland.

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Gender, Conflict and the Media in Cyprus

per-ms — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:02:48 +0200

Programme Description:

This project aimed at exploring how the Cypriot media report on issues of gender and how these relate to ethnic and other types of violence and conflict, especially those relating to Cyprus. Given the important role of media in influencing public opinion, attitudes, and policy, MIGS saw addressing the media’s weakness in reporting on gender issues and ethnic conflict as an essential part of challenging general misperceptions.

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