More than 30,000 Sindh flood victims have reached Jamshoro where OM9 was going to be held in October. Jamshoro is a city in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately 18 kilometres north-west of the city of Hyderabad and 150 kilometres north-east from the provincial capital of Karachi. It is virtually the gate-way to the Indus Valley, world famous for its civilization and rich cultural heritage. A few days ago, a bank broke sending gallons of flood water into the villages and surrounding areas.

The 2010 International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference opened in Braga, Portugal on July 18-22. Download the Book of Abstracts for the Community Communication Section where several OM members are presenting their latest research.

AMARC 10 Global Conference 2010

AMARC announces that the 10th World Congress of Community Radio Broadcasters will be held from 8 to 13 November 2010 in Ciudad de la Plata, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. This will be the first Global conference of community broadcasters to be held in South America, where community radios were born 60 years ago.

International Media Support published in July 2009 a report titled Media in Pakistan: Between radicalisation and democratisation in an unfolding conflict. Scroll down to Download report in English (pdf).

Ayele Eshetu, member of AMARC-Africa and Desta Tesfaw the Director of Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority (EBA) jointly published a new book. This book contained 13 chapters within its 258 pages and written in Amharic, an Ethiopian national language used all over the country. It is focused on the concepts and establishment of community radio and intended for communities who are in the process of starting a CR or for those who are already on air.

Tanya Notley writes

10 tactics for turning information into action embraced by thousands of rights advocates

The documentary 10 tactics for turning information into action , produced by Tactical Tech and launched in December 2009, has been screened at over 100 events by NGOs, rights advocates and independent media, reaching 5155 people.

OURMedia 9 - October, 2010 in Pakistan
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Shawn Sobers writes

Community Media Association (CMA), have launched their arts strategy which focuses on establishing creative and enduring collaborations between the arts and the community media sector. The strategy was developed with support and input from Arts Council England and Voluntary Arts Network.

Over the next 18 months CMA aims to enhance participation and engagement in the arts by reaching out to wider audiences through community media and encourage arts content through these mediums.

Stefania Milan spent the last four years observing and analysing emancipatory communication practices, and in particular community radios and grassroots internet service providers. The result is now online. You can download the manuscript from Stefania's website (stefi.drupalhosting.org - email her if you want the password to access the private area)
Below you find the abstract.

Stealing the fire. A study of emancipatory practices in the field of communication
Stefania Milan 2009