AlertNet – Reuters AlertNet is a humanitarian news network based. It aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe. Click here to go to AlertNet’s media and humanitarianism blog.

 

BBC World Service Trust – the BBC's international charity whose aim is to use the media to reduce poverty & promote human rights. Their blog will keep you to date with their media training work.

http://bbcworldservicetrust.wordpress.com/

 

The Broker – is a bimonthly magazine and its associated website and email newsletter published by the Foundation for International Development Publications (IDP) in The Netherlands. Janelle Ward is assistant professor of media and communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam and her blog on the site explores how civil society organisations and issue campaigns use new communication technologies to inform and mobilise ordinary citizens.

http://janelleward.wordpress.com/

 

The Communication Initiative Network (CIN) - the premier portal for communication in develop; the wealth of knowledge here is unparalleled and a first stop for anyone interested in the issues. Check out their blog on analysis, ideas and debates on development policy issues from communication and media perspectives.

http://www.comminit.com/en/development_policy

 

Community Radio around the World - Community Radio Around the World is part of Creative-Radio’s worldwide text only e-mail forum and online archive radio for people active or interested in using radio creatively in international development, public health and related fields.

http://communityradioaroundtheworld.blogspot.com/

 

Duck Rabbit - are the only journalism/production company in the UK working exclusively with still images and audio. The duckrabbit blog focuses on issues with photography and multimedia in general. The link here will take you to entries focused on development communications.

http://duckrabbit.info/blog/category/development-communications/

 

Global Voices – Global Voices is a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work together to bring translations and reports from blogs and citizen media everywhere, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media. http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/special/ict-for-development/

 

MobileActive.org - connects people, organizations, and resources using mobile technology for social change. The MobileActive.org community includes grassroots activists, NGO staff, intermediary organisations, content and service providers, and organisations that fund mobile technology projects.

http://mobileactive.org/blog

 

POLIS – a journalism and society think tank, is a joint initiative from LSE and The London College of Communication. Charlie Beckett - Polis Director – uses his blog to comment on international journalism, media and society.

http://www.charliebeckett.org/?cat=54 (humanitarian communications)

http://www.charliebeckett.org/?cat=12 (development)

 

Textually.org - is the entry point of three weblogs devoted to cell phones and mobile content, focusing on text messaging and cell phone usage around the world tracking the latest news and social impact of these new technologies. Its 'Mobile phone projects in the developing world' category is of particular interest.

http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/cat_mobile_phone_projects_third_world.htm

 

 

World Bank –provides money and technical expertise to governments in developing. Their website carries a number of blogs – including those with a focus on the issues of media, technology, and development communication:

The Information and Communication for Development (IC4D) blog.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/ic4d/

Media and Development blog

http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/media-development

Communication for Development blog

http://blogs.worldbank.org/category/tags/communication-development

 

World Bank CommGAP – is a global programme at the World Bank that promotes the use of communication in governance reform programmes and supports the building of democratic public spheres.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/