Durante el diálogo Haciendo Realidad la Democracia, que se llevó a cabo en el centro de Iniciativas de Cambio en India, uno de los talleres por la tarde en el segundo día fue sobre el tema: "El papel de los medios de comunicación en la profundización de la democracia".

During the dialogue on Making Democracy Real, taking place at the Initiatives of Change centre in India, one of the afternoon workshops on the second day was on the theme: ‘The role of the media in deepening democracy’.

Caux-Créatifs is a media training academy taking place in Caux from 18th July to 9th August 2011. Participants will learn how to use photography, film, podcasting and new media to campaign for, promote, and document social change

Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge now carries the title “Editor in Exile”. In September of 2008, she was the second winner of the Global Shining Light Award in Norway, presented by the International Conference of Investigative Journalists for exposing how a government minister “used his power and connections to the President of the country to run roughshod over the media and the justice system.” Less than four months later her husband of two months, the well known editor of the Leader newspaper, Sri Lanka, was brutally gunned down as he drove to work. Sonali was forced to flee the country, along with other members of her family—hence her unusual title. 

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The Times, Londres, en su edición del sábado 8 de noviembre, en la sección “Fe”, publicó un artículo escrito por Michael Smith, acerca de la crisis financiera, luego de que este lo publicara en el website de IdeC.

The Times, London, on its Saturday ‘Faith’ page, 8 November, carried an article by Michael Smith, following his IofC website commentary on the financial crisis.

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