About worldandmedia.com

Saturday, 15 May 2010 00:45

Written by World and Media

World and Media aims to make it easier for journalists to produce high quality and nuanced coverage of international development issues.

worldandmedia.com and the ebulletin and twitter feed, will draw on a wide range of high quality international, specialist and local sources to highlight important and neglected news stories.

On this site you will find:

World and Africa News - news and analysis drawing on international and local sources; RSS feeds
Media Diary - newsworthy events and awards and funding for journalists
Sources- news sources, including significant new publications with related press releases
Issues - background briefings on key development issues
Countries - profiles and reports, embassies and more country specifics
Contacts and Links

Praise for its predecessor, Connect-World

"I generally get one or two stories from the eBulletin, so that is the value it has for PA." "I often cut and paste sections about awards or websites which I think would be useful to work colleagues and friends."		Press Association journalist " "
"the bulletin is very useful - keep them coming..."		Irish Times journalist
"very informative."		Irish Times journalist
"I was just going through your Connect-World eBulletin for the month; it is information packed and valuable. Please, keep them coming."		Editor-in-chief, specialist newspaper
"Good. Plenty in it. Good because it lets stories stand on their merits. Stories are not oversold. They don't sound hyped or like PR -- that's the journalists job! Instead, they seem neutral."		Irish Examiner journalist
"Brief; good; can skim through; concise" “a good overview of development issues”		Irish Independent journalist
The eBulletins are really good. I get a lot of use out of them.		RTÉ journalist
Great. The choice of stories is interesting. It's great to have someone in Ireland doing this. The bulletin is a reminder that the website exists and a prompt to visit it.		RTÉ producer / presenter
“your email puts journalists to shame, its so well researched and informative”		Newstalk producer / presenter
“a fantastic resource”		Freelance journalist
“a great resource and I've always looked forward to getting the newsletter.”		Photographer
“a valuable source of news”		Freelance journalist / former editor
“very comprehensive & thought provoking”		Producer / director
“a super resource to stay 'connected' to real world and bigger picture issues not often the focus of mainstream media”		Director

Goals of the new service:

To inform, enthuse, and inspire current and new generations of media professionals about development issues
To elucidate and highlight neglected big picture issues and crises
To provide leads, resources, and original angles on current stories for journalists
To promote balanced reporting of developing countries
To encourage reflection and debate within the media and among development professionals

Connect-World

We are very grateful to Connect-World for allowing a lot of its content to be updated and transferred to worldandmedia.com (which is a work in progress). Sincere thanks are due to to its former director, Katherine Meenan, and to its sponsors and board, for their contribution to Connect-World and for their encouragement of this new service.

World and Media aims to build on its audience of 50,000 unique visitors p.a. and hundreds of ebulletin subscribers, including filmmakers, freelancers and staff from

BBC, Channel 4, Guardian, Reuters Alertnet, IRIN, DeutscheWelle (including 5 editors)
RTE, Newstalk, Irish Times, Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Daily Mail, Irish Mirror, Star, Evening Herald, Sunday Tribune, Sunday Business Post, Sunday Independent

Contributors

Niamh Griffin
Senan Hogan
Joe Humphreys*
Ruairi Kavanagh
Paul O’Brien
David Ralph

*Also an advisor to worldandmedia.com

Editor

Frank Humphreys. Prior to setting up World and Media, Frank was the editor of Connect-World.net (see above).

He has taught and conducted research in economics, science and communications in several countries, including at the University of Oxford, where he also studied economics for development as a Chevening Scholar.

A former senior analyst with National Economic Research Associates, he has worked for many years for both private sector and not-for-profit organisations.

He has illustrated a book and published the occasional article in The Irish Times, The Guardian and elsewhere. He has also made a number of radio appearances.

In 1992, the Irish Labour Party adopted his proposal that donations to charities should be eligible for tax relief as a manifesto commitment. It was enacted into law in 1995.