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There are several newsletters available for media assistance NGOs.
Those touching upon goings-on in the media assistance field include:
The ICFJ’s IJNet provides a weekly newsletter with a dozen or so short descriptions of current activities in the media aid world.
IFEX produces a weekly Communique with updates on the activities of its 64 members.
The University of Maryland’s Institute for Interactive Journalism produces a bi-monthly J-Flash as part of its J-Lab project.
The Communication Initiative produces The Drum Beat, a periodic (more or less weekly) thematic newsletter about aid projects’ communications work, some of which touches upon media assistance efforts.
The International News Safety Institute implements projects to preserve and enhance media workers’ safety and sends a monthly newsletter to its members.
The Communication Initiative has an extensive web platform on development and communication issues. You can find a wide range of material on this site. It includes a section on media development, visit The Communication Initiative website