Mozambique Media Strengthening Program Agreement No. AID-656-A

MSP January - March 2017 Quarterly Report

Mozambique Media Strengthening Program

Agreement No. AID‐ 656‐A‐12‐00001

FY2017 4th Quarter Report: 1 Jul – 30 Sep 2017

Monapo Community Radio journalists participate in a training on the creation of audience research surveys using open-source smart phone application Kobotoolbox.

Submitted 30 October 2017

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1. Project Duration: 6.5 years

2. Start Date: 11 June 2012

3. End Date: 10 December 2018

4. Life of project funding: $14,963,605

5. Geographic Focus: Mozambique (all provinces) with a focus on Maputo and Nampula.

6. Program/Project Objectives (over the life of the project)

Overall program objective: A free, open, diverse and self-sustaining Mozambican media sector providing high quality information to citizens that promote debate, accountability and development.

Objectives by result areas:

Professional Capacity of Journalists Result 1: Increased Professional Capacity of Mozambican Media Sector IR 1.1 Media professionals have expanded skills IR 1.2 Media professionals produce more and better quality content

Business Operations and Sustainability of Media Outlets Result 2: Strengthened Business Management / Organizational Capacity of Media Organizations to Improve Long-Term Financial Viability. IR 2.1 Media organizations improve organizational capacity IR 2.2 Media organizations strengthen financial viability

Journalism Education (discontinued) Result 3: Improved Journalism Education at UEM’s School of Communications & Arts IR 3.1 ECA offers students strengthened journalism education curriculum IR 3.2 ECA expands role in advancing Mozambican media

Community Radio Result 4: Increased Ability of Community Radio Stations to Provide More and Better Information to Listeners IR 4.1 Community radios offer more and better information to listeners IR 4.2 Community radios improve sustainability

Advocacy & Alliances Result 5: Increased Ability of Mozambican Organizations to Advocate for Press Freedom and an Improved Legal Enabling Environment for Media IR 5.1 Advocacy is effective IR 5.2 Media freedom and access to information gain broad citizen support

Gender/Gender Based Violence (GBV) Result 6: Increased Ability of Mozambican Media to Address Gender / Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

People With Disabilities (PWD) Result 7: Strengthened Capacity and Ability of Deaf Persons to Produce and Sustain Media Operations through TV Surdo

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1. Summary of the reporting period – 4th Quarter FY 2017

Selected highlights from the reporting period include:

Some summary points – Capacity Building:  Systematizing the training program, the Midia Lab team developed a ‘pedagogic package’ to support both educators and learners.  The Midia Lab weekly news program received a facelift and was rebranded Jornal da Malta.  Of 27 Midia Lab graduates, 23 had found employment by the end of the quarter.  A group of six health fellows started a one-year fellowship in August, during which they will receive training and a subsidy, while working on health reporting.  IREX implemented two trainings on reproductive health for sexual minorities, in collaboration with LAMBDA, the Mozambican LGBT association.  During the quarter, the Health & Nutrition Communication Network expanded and practiced radio program production in a local community context.

Some summary points – Business Sustainability:  During the quarter, IREX helped re-brand and re-design the O Publico newspaper and develop its web site, and training its staff in web site management.  IREX also developed new web sites for CaraCultura, a culture magazine, and Savana, a leading newspaper, as well as provided other related training on digital tools.  Through close collaboration with SOICO, IREX financed (with non-USG cost share) the development of STV play, a mobile app for TV content, with digital development funds.

Some summary points – Community Radio:  During the quarter, MSP trained partner stations in broadcast journalism in Zambezia, Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces.  In August, the process of carrying out an audience survey in Monapo district started, and if successful, similar surveys may be carried out elsewhere.  The series of experience exchanges between participating radio stations continued in the quarter, with Radio Wantana in Nacala hosting one such exchange.

Some summary points – Advocacy:  The main thrust of the advocacy activities continued to be the implementation of the Freedom of Access to Information law, with several joint activities organized to promote it.  MSP started the process of developing a television program built on solutions journalism, which will be broadcast on a national channel and will focus on solutions to common problems.  Through its systematic work with media associations, IREX continues to strengthen the social fabric of media organizations, building a sense of shared purpose.

Some summary points – TV Surdo (Deaf TV):  TV Surdo obtained its first major funding from other sources than USAID/IREX, through an advocacy project funded by USAID/Counterpart.  During the quarter, the TV Surdo news program became one of the 20 most watched television programs in Mozambique on Sundays.  Throughout the quarter, TV Surdo continued to develop partnerships and relations with other organizations working towards the same goals of inclusive media and advocacy.

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RESULT 1 – PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING

The big picture: Over the course of the program, the professional capacity building program component has increasingly concentrated on two main lines of action: (a) working with young and emerging journalists through the Midia Lab program and (b) working with experienced journalists through a structured mentorship program. These two efforts offer complementary approaches to capacity building. The former is focused on intensive and in-depth training, feedback and follow up of emerging journalists over an extended period of time (10 months), whereas the latter is focused on coaching and mentorship of seasoned journalists on an individualized, customized and focused basis over shorter periods of time (3-6 months). In both cases, the work of IREX Media Specialists has a strong practical orientation, with all training, coaching and mentoring building on a foundation of practical work carried out by the participants. All activities for these two broad categories of program beneficiaries use five selected cross-cutting themes as a foundation for the interventions: health, gender, trafficking in persons, the environment (an umbrella term which includes biodiversity, wildlife trafficking, conservation and the effects of climate change) and public accountability & transparency. The interaction with participants involve extensive feedback, which is delivered either individually or collectively (i.e., as provided by a larger group). In either case, the feedback loops are designed to stimulate a process of ongoing improvement. By focusing on these two groups, less experienced and more experienced journalists, MSP seeks to build capacity in different segments of the journalism labor market: among those who are trying to break into the market and among those who are already established. There are positive synergies generated between the two groups, for example when members of the more experienced group decide to mentor members of the less experienced group. Together, the two groups cover many of the market needs.

Summary of activities:

RESULT 1A: MIDIA LAB PROGRAM

Highlights  The most important initiative of this quarter was the elaboration of the pedagogical package, an instrument that consists of a detailed lesson plan / calendar of activities, support material and guides for the Midia Lab facilitators. The package helped synthesize the contents used to facilitate the sessions, allowing a greater organization of the activities and definition of the hierarchy of priorities in terms of contents to be given to the trainees. With the use of the plan we have already begun to see results: (1) Recruitment was better planned and implemented than in previous cycles, with about 700 applicants, a number never before reached; (2) In the Pedagogical Package we articulated the profile of the desired candidates, which allowed us to select better qualified and motivated candidates.  The weekly news program "Jornal da Malta" – two months after the beginning of the Midia Lab program in August, the Midia Lab group broadcasts a 30-minute news program, "Jornal da Malta", on STV. The placement is weekly and the contents are better researched and presented than many existing programs: the trainees choose a theme that is addressed over a 10-minute stretch, and there is use of infographies, which makes the program more attractive and interactive.  The collection and submission of necessary documentation to the Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs for legal registration of the Midia Lab Association was completed during the quarter. According to our forecast, this process should be completed by the end of October, but several corrections to the statutes requested by the Ministry has delayed the formal registration of the Midia Lab, which will be spun off from the MSP program.

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 The WhatsApp news group MediaLab News, a broadcast group in WhatsApp for sending videos (low resolution and short), was created and continues to be developed. We started to share content through WhatsApp, which allows us to reach people from and via other social media platforms (Facebook, You Tube, Website, Twitter, Instagram). As a result of these multi-channel broadcast efforts, the produced pieces have reached a much larger audience.  This quarter we introduced mobile journalism (MOJO) as a new element of the training program. Through MOJO, the trainees have more independence to produce their content for television, without depending on equipment or studio space. There are of course some challenges regarding audio quality and video, but most of the filming and editing is done using the phone. Thirty percent of the images of the two television news broadcasts broadcast on STV in September were the result of MOJO.  A news brief evaluation system was implemented. Using assigned Samsung tablets, the trainees analyze news briefs directly on a digital platform that allows them to evaluate and later store the data, without the need for printing and copying.  The trainees closed the first edition of a printed newspaper with 12 pages and a total of 20 articles, of which eight are for the society section, six from health, four from education and two from sports. Compared with the bootcamp journals made in the last two iterations of the Midia Lab, it had the best score according to the monitoring & evaluation team.  Two 30-minute television news programs were produced before the end of the quarter, with approximately ten reports, eight in the society category, one in education and one in culture.  An intensive week of data journalism training with resident expert Amanda Rossi visiting from Brazil took place. The trainees were taught in how to be producing stories with numbers. This intensive week helped overcome the persistent idea that “there is no data in Mozambique”.

Challenges & observations • It is necessary to ensure that the Midia Lab trainees maximize the potential synergies between themselves, making use of each other’s skills and competitive advantages. The cohort needs to think of Midia Lab products as collective rather than individual outcomes. • Improving skills in the use of mobile journalism prevents the trainees from becoming dependent on the television team or specific equipment. At the moment, this dependency has been reduced significantly, while the team continues to develop its capacity. • It is important to maintain focus on organization, deadlines and results. Assigning responsibilities to trainees and challenging them should be a constant and ongoing process, one that helps them grow systematically over time. • The production process was accelerated with the introduction of new tools, but along with this acceleration, there was also a reduction in the quality of image and sound capture, but not in the reports themselves, and this is something that will be addressed by in the coming quarter. • This new phase of program production has benefitted from the synergies generated among the various members of the MSP team, which have brought critical skills to the table in a way that maximizes the overall effectiveness of the team. • The current cohort has produced fewer reports compared to the previous ones, but has had better quality outcomes. The challenge is to significantly increase the quantity of production without compromising on the quality.

Lessons learned • Some of the trainees from earlier cohorts cannot keep up with their jobs in the media sector, so the facilitators are not making monthly assessments of each trainee's productivity level to ensure that only highly competent trainees graduate from the program. • Reducing the involvement of facilitators in the implementation of activities has contributed to a significant increase in product quality. It is necessary to abandon the tendency to “take over” in the place of trainees. • The final responsibility for pedagogic outcomes lies with the facilitators, but it is important that this burden, at least mentally, be taken on by the trainees. This increases levels of concentration and responsibility. Products are increasingly produced with less intervention from facilitators. • Eliminating the weaker trainees or those who do not show sufficient ability gives greater results for the group as a whole, and this is something IREX is pursuing deliberately as a way to sharpen people’s focus and their minds. • The ML team needs to be thinking more about the entire chain of activities involved in developing new capacity in emerging journalists, from recruiting trainees to integrating trainees into the media marketplace. There will be more focus on the entire value chain.

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Some outcomes • There was a significant increase in the number of social media followers. In July, we had 2,291 active followers on Facebook, while by the end of September, we had 2,857, an increase of 564 followers. During the quarter, some 160,393 people viewed the publications that were posted on Facebook. With regard to Twitter, in July we had 665 impressions, but in September we went up to 2,401, a near quadrupling.

• The two previous cohorts obtained scores of less than 54 percent on their performance evaluation results during the Boot Camp phase, based on the MCAT scores. That is after an intensive month of contact with journalistic content. The two previous cohorts needed more time to produce a newspaper in PDF and a newscast. That is, the first group needed 45 days, whereas the second group used 37 days and had below-desirable quality averages. The current cohort, in four weeks, produced a newspaper and a television news program, both of superior quality in comparison with the previous cohorts. • The chart below illustrates the difference between the classes. On leaving the Midia Lab for the job market, the first and second cohorts had, based on MCAT, scores of 71.5% and 73.5%, respectively. The increase of quality for third class is significant, since that one obtained 76%. In summary: the third cohort in a short span of time achieved numbers higher than those obtained in the previous two cohorts after 10 months of training.

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USAID Mission Director Dr. Jennifer Adams launches 2018 MidiaLab program On Monday 11 September, Phase 1 of the 2018 MidiaLab program was launched by USAID Mission Director Dr. Jennifer Adams. The MidiaLab, a ten-month intensive vocational training program for young and aspiring journalists, focuses on situational learning and the systematic integration of theory and practice and is aimed at preparing the participants for a career in journalism. The 2018 MidiaLab cohort consists of 34 trainees, who were selected from a pool of 700 applicants. “Professionalism should be your guide,” commented Dr. Adams, who welcomed the trainees to the program. Each participant also received a smartphone and a tablet, important working tools for journalists increasingly operating in a digital environment, where multimedia skills are no longer optional, but rather a minimum requirement for effective communicators. As a consequence of this evolving market place, the MidiaLab trainees are introduced to Mobile Journalism (MOJO) from day one, helping them to work independently, effectively and in real time. During the same visit to the IREX office on Monday, Dr. Adams also launched the Xipalapala community radio communication mechanism, a one-stop-shop for development partners and others to place messages through a network of community radios. Xipalapala has been developed by IREX as a way to link organizations with audiences in specific districts through local community radios. “Providing a user-friendly interface to circulate radio content meets the needs of both the implementing partners and the community radios, which do not have any natural or easy way to connect with each other,” commented MSP DCOP Sergio Chusane.

Participants in the 2018 MidiaLab program with Dr. Jennifer Adams launching the Xipalapala mechanism USAID Mission Director Jennifer Adams. (right), with Sergio Chusane and Jason Smith.

RESULT 1B: MEDIA & HEALTH

Health Fellows • At the end of July, the Health Fellows recruitment and selection process was completed. The Health Fellowship program is a 12-month program for mentored and subsidized journalists in the health area, which is currently scheduled to end in June 2018. In all, six journalists based in Maputo and Beira are participating, and they come from the following media organizations: SOICO, Correio da Manhã, Zambezi, Rádio Índico and O Publico. Due to the multimedia nature of the organization, and its leading position in the market, two SOICO journalists were included in the Health Fellowship program, while other organizations have one journalist. • The aim of the Health Fellows' work is to encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors as well as to influence public policies related to health. This objective is achieved through the production of materials that address health issues analytically and in depth. • In order to kick off the current round of the program, a Health Fellows orientation session was organized on 29 July. The session, which was facilitated by MSP's media and health experts, focused on the definition of goals to be achieved, the nature of the material to be published and the timing of publication of the material. • Monthly, a total of 24 stories are posted by the Health Fellows on average, and each piece of material produced by Health Fellows has four components: (a) presentation of the news - that is, the issue in question; (b) exploration of and elaboration on the problem - an exposition of its causes and the respective impact of the problem; (c) presentation of the effectiveness and / or limitations of national and international policies, products and / or services relevant to the problem presented; and, (d) presentation of alternatives to solve the problem - an explanation of how the healthy behavior in question can be replicated and/or a problem solved.

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• According to data from the MCAT tool, with one exception, there was an improvement in the quality of the material produced by Health Fellows, as shown in the chart below. Some scores are not shown in the chart, since the articles produced by the journalist are published on the radio or on TV, for which MSP does not have an active coding tool.

Pontuação do MCAT antes e depois do Health Fellowship

89% 82% 85% 78% 72% 71% 71% 71% 67% 63%

Cledy Marinela Edson Arante Egídio Plácido Francisco Raiva Hamina Lacá

Antes do HF Depois do HF

Examples of articles produced by the health fellows.

With the objective of presenting the content more effectively, Cleyd Marinela, one of the health fellows, used infographics and graphics to better communicate the issues. Using such tools, the health fellows have worked systematically to present health-related topics in the news media, making the content more accessible to the general public.

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Sexual minorities and health • In the last quarter, two training sessions were organized focusing on journalistic coverage of issues related to the health of sexual minorities. The training was organized by MSP in partnership with LAMBDA, the Mozambican LGBT association. • MSP was responsible for the design of the training, facilitated the sessions whose contents were strictly related to the journalistic aspects, as well as the identification of the journalists to participate in the training. LAMBDA funded the training and facilitated the sessions that were directly linked to LGBT issues. • The training topics included body, sexuality and gender; health and sexual minorities; the journalistic agenda; interviews with LGBT people; and good practices in the production of matters on issues related to LGBT people. • The organization of these trainings was motivated by the fact that there were several problems related to the production of LGBT materials in the press, which is summarized in two aspects: low volume of material produced that focuses on the LGBT community, and, materials that deal with LGBT people when they are produced, often reinforce negative stereotypes and myths, thus contributing to strengthened prejudice against LGBT people. • The first training took place in the City of Maputo from July 24 to 25. This training was attended by 22 journalists based in the city of Maputo. The second training was held from August 28 to 30 in the City of Beira for a total of 21 journalists. Unlike the training organized in Maputo, the training that took place in the city of Beira lasted 3 days. This change was due to the fact that the need for journalists to deepen their knowledge regarding the concepts linked to the LGBT community, specifically issues related to gender and sexuality, was higher.

IREX works with LAMBDA on training for media coverage of sexual health issues IREX concluded a media training with LAMBDA, the Mozambican LGBT organization, in Beira, on issues related to news coverage of sexual health, with a special focus on reporting on sexual minorities. The media training lasted for three days and involved some 20 journalists. It supported the part of LAMBDA’s long-term advocacy strategy that is aimed at making news coverage of LGBT issues more accurate, informative and balanced. “From time to time, we experience that journalists do not approach issues of sexual health in an informative and balanced way,” commented Sergio Fernando, a journalist at the Ikweli newspaper, who participated in the training. At the same time, some journalists say that when it comes to sexual minorities, it is often difficult to find sources that can help provide a better understanding of subject matters related to their sexual health and to their specific context. The stigma that is attached to sexual minorities makes it more difficult to convey important health messages and adapt those messages to the specific context of the intended recipients. Along with various communication aspects, the training therefore also covered the use of appropriate terms – terms that are not considered derogative and do not reinforce negative social norms. “Since journalists influence the public discourse and help shape public opinion, the words they use to describe issues of sexual health are of particularly great importance,” said Leodemila Zacarias, one of the IREX trainers facilitating the training. In July, a similar training took place in Maputo.

Participants and facilitators in the media training on issues of sexual health that took place in Beira.

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Guide to sources • With the aim of stimulating the exchange of information between health experts and media professionals, MSP began mapping health-focused projects based in Mozambique. This mapping aims to improve the coordination of MSP with other implementing partners in the field of health and nutrition as well as to advise journalists in the process of gathering information and producing materials, through the provision of sources. • Later, this mapping will be shared with external audiences through the creation of a source guide. The source guide will be a research tool that will allow platform users to find sources of information for the production of health related materials. • During the month of July, MSP developed the concept of a research tool and also elaborated the matrix for the collection of information to be obtained in the organizations that implement projects related to health. Information gathering in organizations began in August. All the health units in the country and 18 NGO and CSO have already been mapped.

Training for 41 DREAMS ambassadors • Three training sessions were organized on the production and organization of community debates and engagement with the media, for a total of 41 ambassadors of the DREAMS initiative. These trainings took place in the cities of Maputo, Xai-Xai and Beira. • The DREAMS initiative, led by JHPIEGO, FGH and other partners, aims to position a group of young people and adolescents as mobilizers for awareness in the area of HIV. As part of its mandate, this group has the mission of transmitting key information through the organization of community debates and participation in interviews organized by communication professionals of various media outlets. • The first training that took place on August 4 for a group of 10 teenage DREAMS Ambassadors. After the training, the trainees had theoretical and practical knowledge on how to take greater advantage of the relationship with journalists, how to deal with microphones and cameras and master the type of language to be used in interviews. • The two subsequent trainings worked only with male ambassadors. The training focused on enabling ambassadors of the DREAMS initiative to organize debates to help reduce the number of new HIV infections among young adolescents. On August 11, 20 ambassadors were trained in the city of Xai-xai. On 14 and 15 September, 11 ambassadors were trained in the city of Beira.

Groups of DREAMS ambassadors receive media training to improve communication skills IREX provided media trainings for two groups of DREAMS “ambassadors” in Maputo and Xai-Xai and will carry out a similar training in Beira in September. DREAMS is a regional PEPFAR-funded partnership to reduce HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women in ten sub-Saharan African countries. Its goals is to help girls develop into Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS- free, Mentored and Safe women. In Mozambique, the DREAMS initiative is implemented by JHIPEGO. The focus of the media training was to give the young ambassadors an opportunity to practice their interview skills, their ability to respond effectively to interview questions and, for example, how to be comfortable in front of a camera or microphone. One part of the training focused on how to handle unexpected questions, while another part addressed typical mistakes that people make in mass media communication and how to avoid those mistakes. The girls were also given time in the MSP television studio, practiced in front of a live camera and got an opportunity to analyze their interview performance on video afterwards. After the training, all participants felt that they were better prepared to talk to journalists and promote their work to ensure an AIDS-free future for adolescent girls and young women. This collaborative effort between IREX and JHIPIEGO is one of several similar type collaborations between IREX and other USAID implementing partners.

Participants in the media training for DREAMS Participants engaging in the training. ambassadors at the IREX office in Maputo.

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Health & Nutrition Communication Network • From 28 August to 1 September, a training course on radio journalism was organized for 21 journalists from the Health & Nutrition Communication Network (HNCN). The objective of the training was to improve the techniques of production of radio content, from the preparation of agenda to the preparation and reporting of news. The members of the network are community radio journalists focused on health issues. • As part of the training, the network members, in coordination with Save the Children activists working in the community nutrition program, organized two events in the Nampaco community. The meetings brought together more than 100 people, mostly women and children, and allowed the transmission of key messages linked to nutrition. • During the events, the journalists located a woman who was already in her 7th month of pregnancy. This woman had been denied access to prenatal appointments because she was a widow. Exposed to this information, the journalists, in coordination with the Save the Children activists, defined strategies to ensure that the pregnant woman had access to the health services, as well as, and outlined strategies to prevent the occurrence of similar cases in the future. • In order to follow up the training, two monitoring visits were organized to three community radios that are part of the HNCN. They are: RC Ile, Rádio Esperança and RC de Cuamba. These visits took place from 11 to 18 September. • During the visits, the four members of the network received support in the following areas: preparation of journalistic guidelines and identification of health organizations, which are potential partners for carrying out HNCN activities.

H2N constituent assembly • MSP is in the process of establishing Result 1B – Media & Health as an independent association, which will adopt the following name and slogan: h2n - improving lives. The association will specialize in the implementation of local health communication projects, combining community and mass media, community engagement tools, and participatory design to help communities address local issues related to health issues. One of the organization's strategic pillars will be the promotion of quality health journalism through the training of Mozambican media professionals. • For the establishment of the association, the constituent assembly of the h2n association was organized on 29 September. H2n has 11 founding members, each of whom has experience in the areas of health and communication. It is estimated that the h2n registration process will be completed by the end of October.

Challenges & observations • Some HNCN journalists who participate in the training show difficulties in integrating the feedback that is directed at them and at the programs they produce. As a consequence, the programs produced are sometimes monotonous and do not follow the basic principles of journalism. In order to solve this problem, mentoring has proven to be effective as it awakens and helps journalists to integrate good shared practices. • In addition, a group was created in WhatsApp where members share the programs and the guidelines produced. As a result of the group discussions, there was an improvement in the guidelines and materials that showed that journalists produced more and better quality outputs when journalists made more efforts to do more elaborate research.

Lessons learned • The involvement of the coordinators in the follow-up process to the work carried out by the HNCN is crucial to ensure the application of the lessons learned. When radio coordinators are involved in the follow-up process, they help create an enabling environment for the application of the licenses that are transmitted to journalists in the training. Community radio stations in which the coordinators are little involved in the process tend to hamper the work of the network's journalists because they do not understand the nature of the work being done. In this way, frequent communications with coordinators are necessary to correct misunderstandings. • A number of facilitators providing training on the same topics for the HNCN members generate confusion in terms of approach. Participants do not know what to do next. Thus, a better and greater separation of themes becomes important. Each facilitator should be responsible for facilitating a particular topic in order to avoid misrepresentation of the information transmitted. • The HNCN members need to have a multifaceted training program to meet their needs and job expectations. However, trainings need to be carefully integrated and planned so as not to undermine the content production cycle. It is important to schedule training in a gradual and measured way, so that participants have time to participate in the training and simultaneously meet the established production goals.

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• The 1-trainer-to-32-participants ratio is not effective. This ratio makes it difficult to monitor the proceedings and the activities and reduces the trainer's ability to assess the participants' real level of assimilation of the content. Thus, training with a lower training ratio, training smaller groups, proved to be more effective.

Some outcomes • Most of the men in Etarara, Cuamba, let their pregnant women go to prenatal appointments alone. This action was motivated by the fact that men consider the prenatal consultations as something exclusive to women. The fact that women went unaccompanied to the consultations led to non-compliance of some follow up actions and in some cases to discontinuation of ARV treatment during the pregnancy period. • In order to motivate the participation of men in prenatal consultations, Juliana, a member of the HNCN, produced a series of radio programs focused on the participation of men in prenatal consultations. The contents that were inserted within the "More Life" program were attended by the Cuamba health technicians, N'weti and the Othoko association. • The focus of the programs produced was to present the benefits of men's participation in prenatal consultations. In addition, the program also opened a space for the discussion of the consequences of the non-participation of men in the consultation. These consequences include, but are not limited to: abandonment of treatment and lack of diagnosis of other diseases. • As a result of the transmission of the programs, men from the Etarara community began to accompany their wives to prenatal consultations. The men claimed that before they did not accompany their women because they were unaware of the importance of follow-up to ensure a healthy and safe pregnancy. • In the Cuamba district of Niassa, HIV positive people did not adhere to ARV treatment for shame and for fear of stigma and discrimination that could occur if people in their communities saw them attending consultations. In order to reverse this situation, Fatima Tomo, a member of RC Cuamba Network and journalist, decided to produce a series of programs to encourage the adherence of community members who were HIV-positive to ART. • The Network member identified a woman named Sónia in her community who adhered to ARV treatment. Sónia started to participate in the programs produced by RC Cuamba. In the programs she sang and gave testimony to report the benefits she had gained from adhering to treatment. • With the participation of Sonia from the radio programs, Cuamba health units began to see that the number of ARV adherence was growing consistently. Satisfied with the results obtained and with the desire to obtain a multiplier effect, the Cuamba health unit invited RC Cuamba to hold joint talks in order to broaden the reach of the messages.

RESULT 1C: CAPACITY BUILDING

Resident Expert Amanda Rossi teaches data journalism "We have to stop thinking that there are no data available," says journalist Amanda Rossi. “It is not true that there are no data available in Mozambique, and the challenge is to change this mindset,” said journalist Amanda Rossi, as she addressed a group of Mozambican reporters at IREX. Amanda Rossi, a data journalist working for BBC Brazil, was spending six weeks in Mozambique as an IREX/MSP resident expert in the area of data journalism, acting as a mentor to journalists who wish to develop their skills in this area. Through an intensive training and mentorship program involving twelve Mozambican journalists, Amanda was transferring knowledge about search tools, processing strategies and analysis software that can be used in the production of news reports. In her opening session, Amanda, who previously worked for Rede Globo and the Estado de São Paulo newspaper in Brazil, shared internationally available data on health, education and economy in Mozambique. In addition to online sources, Amanda encourages journalists to look for non-traditional, and perhaps uncommon, sources of data to analyze. For example, when a person goes to a health center or enrolls in a school, data are generated that can be aggregated, disaggregated and analyzed by journalists in order to discover trends or identify newsworthy issues. The participating journalists also shared their experiences and opinions. “Most news reports are based on oral sources and statements,” said Aida Matsinhe, journalist at Magazine Independente, suggesting that more statistical information could be helpful in news reports. “Data and analysis are part of the future of journalism,” commented Armando Nhantumbo, journalist at Savana, in a reflection on how data can be used by reporters. The six-week mentorship program on data journalism involves 12 journalists, 10 based in Maputo and two in the provinces who participate via Skype. The program consists of a series of collective and individual sessions.

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RESULT 2 – BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY

The big picture: Over the quarter, the strategy of customizing assistance through targeted consultancies, specialized trainings and grants funding continued, with the adoption of new partners and the scaling back and/or phasing out of some previous partners, whose processes had come to a natural conclusion. The customized assistance approach builds on the principle that every media business faces a slightly different set of circumstances and challenges. The targeted consultancies, in particular, contributed to developing a sense of trust required for the successful implementation of operational changes. These efforts are all aimed at strengthening the long-term financial sustainability of Mozambican media businesses by increasing their revenue potential (top line) and improving their operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Strategic adjustments: Based on the previous quarters, IREX analyzed its work with media business partners and generally concluded that most partnerships do not yield the maximum potential improvement or output, often due to resistance, hesitation or other psychological factors among owners and managers. As a consequence of this, IREX decided to evolve the previous “whole outlet approach”, which focused on re-engineering and/or developing many different aspects of an entire operation, into a more surgical approach focusing on high impact interventions. Those interventions focus on (a) marketing, (b) design and (c) digital media. Increasingly, efforts are being directed towards online and digital solutions, which often involve and integrate online presence, mobile applications and social media strategies. This gradual re-orientation will enable partner outlets to be better prepared for both current and future needs, as more of the population comes online.

Summary of activities:

Re-designing and re-positioning Jornal Publico  The most important event in the business sustainability area was the launch of the new layout of Jornal Público and its website (www.publicomz.com), within the framework of the strategy of repositioning the brand and gaining new readers.  Jornal Público is a national newspaper that has been on the market for eight years. Since its inception, its graphic design has not undergone major changes, thus becoming outdated.  The purpose of this partnership was to support the newspaper in improving its image through a new layout so that it remains competitive and attractive in order to accommodate the new trends in the journalistic market and the new reading habits of its public.  The creation of the website is framed in the strategy of expansion, conquest of new markets and diversification of sources of revenue. With the integration of yet another product without, however, increasing its operating costs, Jornal Público increases its exposure and gains new models of revenue generation, through the sale of advertising spaces, the commercialization of the PDF version of the newspaper and subscription to premium content.

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Creation of the website for the CaraCultura electronic magazine  CaraCultura was an electronic publication, in magazine format. After participating in a Digital Marketing training organized by IREX, the editor saw the potential that existed for the creation of a website that covered the cultural subjects of the country and the world, and from there the website was born. However the visual did not please the editor, his team or readers, and so he asked for the support of the MSP to improve it.  In this context, the support granted was for the creation of a new website, more modern and dynamic, as a way to attract more readers and advertisers and generate more revenue.  For the operation of the website, CaraCultura employees benefited from training in website management, digital journalism and marketing & sales.

Creation of the Website for the Savana newspaper  The SAVANA newspaper, a product of the Mediacoop Group, is one of the largest and most widely read weekly newspapers in Mozambique. Given the evolution of the market and new reading trends, management decided to go digital through the creation of a website. For the materialization of this project, management requested the support of IREX.  The integration of a website into the SAVANA newspaper increases its reach, enabling new readers to be reached within and outside the country. From a commercial point of view, with the website, SAVANA will diversify its sources of revenue, offer new advertising formats and greater exposure to its customers.  The creation of the website was accompanied by training sessions for the SAVANA team to operationalize the website, with a focus on digital journalism, management and updating.

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Creation of the STV Play platform  At the beginning of the year, STV presented a project to create a mobile platform called STV Play, which aims to make real-time content available on any platform (mobile and web), anywhere and at any time. During the current quarter, IREX financed the development of the platform in tranches as each stage was completed.  The process was completed at the end of September and entered the testing phase, with the release date scheduled for October 26.  The STV Play application will revolutionize the national media sector by introducing a new concept of watching TV, anywhere and anytime. The viewer will have the freedom to choose what he wants to see and at what time he wants to see it.  From the point of view of sustainability, the contents can be monetized individually or together, through the payment of subscriptions to have access to special content.

Presentation of Xipalapala to community radios  During the leadership conference held in Nampula from 27 February to 3 March this year, the concept of what was then known as "the Hub” was presented to the community radio station managers. At the meeting, the radio station managers asked questions and offered suggestions for the improvement of the platform.  On October 2nd and 3rd, during the a coordinators' meeting, the coordinators had the opportunity to see the platform ready, by now renamed called Xipalapala, and observe how it works, what services it offers and the added value it represents for the radios.  At this meeting, the participants signed the terms of reference for being part of Xipalapala and provided their data for registration on the platform.

Integration of Midia Lab trainees into the labor market  With every graduating cohort of the Midia Lab, there is a need to integrate graduates into the job market, preferably within the media sector.  Due to the exposure they had through the production of TV programs, print journal and various articles for the internet, the inters graduated with a diversified and attractive portfolio for potential recruiting media companies.  Of the 27 graduates from the most recent cohort from June, 23 are now employed.

Synergies: Creation of system for sharing and evaluating briefs produced in the Midia Lab  Mídia Lab interns produce daily briefs, which used to be circulated on paper for evaluation by colleagues and facilitators. This process, in addition to being time consuming and spending a lot of resources, was not flexible for the evaluators as they needed a long time to process all the notes / observations made.  To make this process more flexible and to save resources, the Mídia Lab, the Result 2 tram and the M&E team created a computerized system for sharing and evaluating the briefs produced by the trainees. The system, in addition to allowing sharing, stores the classification obtained and allows a faster evaluation of the progress of the trainee.

Challenges & observations  The transition to Digital represents a challenge for media companies because of the lack of equipment dedicated to the website management and updating team, often the equipment is shared and does not allow updates at a satisfactory pace. This affects the regularity of posts and the frequency of updates.

Lessons learned  When introducing changes or new products, a constant problem is the difficulty in following patterns. It is necessary to continue working with partners on product aesthetics even after the product launch.  Partners are becoming aware that adding more product in the case of digital products poses no threat but an opportunity. And that translates into commitment and dedication on the part of the team.

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RESULT 4 – COMMUNITY RADIO (CR)

The big picture: Over the quarter, the strategy of focusing on the same group of 32 CR stations in the Northern provinces continued, while steps were being taken to expand activities into Sofala province as well. The close coordination and collaboration with CAICC also continued. The overall objective of this program component is to provide more and better information to people living outside the main population centers, through good CR operations and programming. All program activities are aimed at increasing the ability of CR stations to provide such information, while at the same time ensuring their long-term sustainability through improved operations and financial management. The CR program activities are managed and supported by a dedicated eight-person IREX team based in the Nampula sub-office. This team is led by Program Manager Ryan Morris and supported by four Field Coordinators, who work with the partner stations on a regular basis and provide onsite training and other support. While the CR program component is somewhat independent in its day-to-day operations, there is ample cross-sector support and integration from other MSP program areas.

Summary of activities:

Broadcast Journalism Level II  During this period, MSP launched level II of its Broadcast Journalism course for community radio journalists. From July 17 to 21 in Nacala-à-Velha, Nampula, July 31 to August 4 in Pemba, Cabo Delgado, and from August 14 to 18 in Quelimane, Zambezia, a total of 13 women and 19 men participated in the five-day training to enhance their newsgathering skills as well as their ability to explore fresh perspectives in their reporting in order to prompt their communities to engage in critical reflection about issues relevant to their development.  Based on feedback from last quarter’s training participants, this training series focused more on individual practical exercises to more effectively measure and monitor participant progress. To further expand identification of new talent and support greater inclusion of women, all interested journalists were asked to apply to the training and submit samples of their journalistic work.  To begin the training, and to ensure that participants actual journalistic skills corresponded to the sample materials presented with course applications, participants engaged in a practical pre- assessment in which participants would have to develop story ideas as well as a news story that explored a unique aspect of general theme proposed by MSP facilitators. In Nacala-à-Velha, participants developed story ideas around the city’s first Crab Festival, in Pemba participants developed story ideas around Mozambique’s General Census, and in Quelimane participants developed story ideas around the 75th anniversary of the city’s founding.  The purpose of the exercise was to prompt participants to explore different aspects of these themes in their reporting that would be of interest to their communities, and would generate debate and discussion. As an example, rather than simply report that the Crab Festival in Nacala-à-Velha took place, one participant decided to take a more analytical approach and explore the effects of trash generated by the festivalgoers on the environment and the municipality.  On the second day of the training, participant pre-assessments were reviewed and MSP staff led a session around the various stages of development of a “pitch” (background, story objectives, perspectives to be explored, sources), in which participants had to outline the objectives of the news story that they intended to craft as well as the different angles to be explored and sources to be consulted.  During the session, participants were asked to present their pitches and to justify how the perspectives they intended to explore and sources to be consulted would move them towards crafting a news story that would generate debate at the grassroots level and offer potential solutions to challenges faced by communities. Most participants had difficulty identifying clear objectives for their news stories and felt that they needed to engage in further newsgathering in order to strengthen their original pitch.

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“It was very helpful to first practice interview techniques in small groups during the training because when I went out to conduct interviews in the community on my own during the individual practical exercies I found myself in a situation in which the source with whom I was speaking told me twice that he had already answered a question that I had asked him. This made me realize that I have to pay more attention to the person that I am interviewing and formulate questions based on what they are saying.” Dorcas Ibraimo, Rádio Vida

 The third day of the training focused on interviewing skills. MSP presented a set of 10 interview skills that participants modeled during a role-play activity. During the role-play activity, MSP facilitators used a random lottery system to ensure that participants had the opportunity to model all of the techniques and receive targeted feedback from MSP facilitators before conducting interviews on their own in the surrounding communities of the training sites.  Participants were also provided with copies of the Mozambican Freedom of Information Act in the event that public officials or institutions refused to provide information. Overall, participants were able to correctly model interview skills presented during the training sessions but still displayed difficulty in conducting interviews.  For instance, during their individual interview exercises with community members, once the journalists had asked all of their questions that they had prepared, they had difficulty continuing the conversation with their sources, namely, creating new questions and exploring new angles based on topics or issues that naturally arose during interviews with their sources. Improvisation continues to be a challenge for partner journalists and reinforces the need for partner community journalists to engage in more thorough research and preparation before newsgathering.  To round out the training, information gathered during the individual interview exercises with community members was then used in an additional exercise to help reinforce the crafting of news stories.  As detected in last quarter’s training and mentorship activities, partner journalists often have trouble crafting and structuring news stories that correspond, in a way that is clear and coherent, to the story objectives and angles defined in their pitches during their editorial planning. To overcome this difficulty, MSP created a set of reflective questions to help the journalists analyze their own news stories to make sure that information is clear and that news stories achieve the impact that they are intended to generate.  During the exercise, participants worked together to analyze each other’s stories using the reflective questions, and most realized that they needed to include more concrete information, create more attractive titles, and make sure that the titles of the news stories corresponded more closely to the essence of the story contained within the lead.

Josué Victorino of RC Ile and Juliana Luciano, of RC Cuamba work together to craft a news story.

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 Overall, participants showed considerable growth in crafting news stories that address the objectives defined in their pitches, however, partner journalists will require more direct support in this area to make their news stories more coherent as to not confuse readers/listeners about the key message that the story is trying to communicate.  Below find a table with several results achieved during the training:

Training Location Nacala-à-Velha: July 17- Pemba: July 31 – August 4 Quelimane: August 14- 18 & Dates 21 Number of 11 participants (9 women, 11 participants (2 women, 9 men) 10 participants (2 women, 8 men) participants 2 men) (disaggregated by sex) % of participants Before After Before Training After Training Before Training After Training able to training Training demonstrate a core ability % of participants 0% 36% 18% 36% 40% 100% able to craft a news story in line with story pitch % of participants 9% 45% 18% 45% 30% 40% able to craft a clear and concise LEAD % participants 9% 27% 0% 27% 0% 60% able to define in their story pitches solutions to the problems they will report on

 Next quarter, MSP will conduct a follow-on training with the same journalists to reinforce skills addressed and to expand skills around news presenting, interview techniques, and improvisation. To further consolidate skills addressed in the Broadcast Journalism level II training, participants will send a news story and pitch to MSP staff on a weekly basis for on-going analysis and feedback.

Training- Creation of Surveys using Kobotoolbox  From August 2-4, MSP piloted a training at Monapo Community Radio on the creation of surveys using an open-source tool called Kobotoolbox. The objective of the training was to train five members (1 woman, 4 men) of the radio who will serve as enumerators in the Monapo MSP Audience Research, in the use of the platform that will be used for survey development and data collection. The platform will house the survey to be administered in Monapo district’s three administrative posts and will be used to ascertain audience profile and listener preferences.  The training was launched with a debate around the advantages and disadvantages of paper- based versus electronic surveys and participants were provided with a Kobotoolbox user manual created by MSP and a loaner tablet to begin testing the platform.  Through individual exercises, participants were taught how to download the tool, open an account, and create survey questions within the tool with conditions. To round out the training, participants engaged in practical data-collection exercises and were then taught how to visualize data collected using the tool.  Overall, participants were pleased with the platform, and were impressed with its functionality to create conditions, which allows the person administering a survey to save time, and to only ask questions that are applicable to the person being interviewed.  At the end of the training, all participants were capable of creating an account on the Kobotoolbox platform and were all capable of teaching other colleagues how to open an account.  Training participants were also able to correctly articulate pros and cons of paper-based surveys and digital surveys and were able to create survey questions with conditions using the tool. One participant, Damusson Aiupa, who had served as an enumerator for the Mozambican government’s national population census, which was conducted in September using a paper- based survey, highlighted how the use of an electronic survey provided greater confidence in data collection and the means for more streamlined data basing. Several participants also commented that building Monapo community radio’s capacity to conduct small research activities using tools like Kobotoolbox for local businesses or organizations implementing projects in Monapo district could be a source of income for the radio.

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 MSP will conduct an additional training around the Kobotoolbox platform in early October with five additional participants who will serve as enumerators during the Audience Research activities to take place in late October 2017.

MSP Senior M&E Assistant Manuel Frio instructs course participants at Monapo Community Radio in data visualization using the Kobotoolbox platform.

Experience Exchange in Marketing and Management  From July 18 to 21, MSP led an experience exchange hosted at Radio Watana around marketing and management for coordinators and representatives of the administrative teams (5 women, 13 men) of seven partner community radio stations: Radio Watana (Nacala-Porto, Nampula); Radio Ehale (Nacala-a-Velha, Nampula); Monapo Community Radio (Monapo, Nampula); Radio Parapato (Angoche, Nampula); Radio Thumbine (Milange, Zambezia); Radio Vida (Nampula city, Nampula), and Nova Radio Paz (Quelimane, Zambezia).  The objective of the experience exchange was to reinforce techniques for fundraising as well as internal financial management to enhance the financial sustainability of partner community radios.  To launch the training, a brief oral assessment was administered to ascertain to what extent the training participants were familiar with financial management, financial planning, and marketing strategies. Several recently hired radio coordinators were present (Radio Thumbine, Radio Watana, Radio Parapato) that hadn’t previously participated in MSP interventions around marketing and management.  Overall, participants understood general notions of marketing, although several participants commented that they had difficulty in creating partnerships and in implementing measures to manage finances and guarantee transparency.  To reinforce capacity to engage in community partnerships, at the beginning of the Experience Exchange participants engaged in an exercise in which they mapped local businesses in Nacala- Porto and classified them as small, medium, or large.  The objective of this exercise was to teach participants that businesses within a certain segment (i.e. small businesses) of the market can share many similar characteristics and will likely respond to similar marketing strategies. Participants were divided into small groups and given the task of acting as representatives of Radio Watana and of visiting a local business in order to 1) evaluate its marketing and public outreach needs and to 2) convince the business to create a partnership with Radio Watana for the production of a radio spot and/or digital poster to advertise the business’s services during the radio’s broadcasts and/or across its social media platforms.  The radio teams visited and conducted brief marketing needs assessment interviews with representatives of the following institutions:

Radio Name Business Visited Radio Watana VET Services Radio Ehale Radio Watana Monapo Community Radio Ana Catering Radio Vida Sr. Nasser Shop Radio Parapato Canal Residencial Nova Radio Paz Hotel Pacific Radio Thumbine Fumigations

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 After the conclusion of the visits, training computers and digital recorders were made available to the participants to help them begin to strategize how they would most effectively address the marketing and public outreach needs identified. Once the radios teams created spots and/or digital posters based on the marketing needs detected during the outreach visits, representatives of the businesses visited were invited to the training to assess the work.

Business owners from Nacala-Porto provide feedback to MSP Marketing Experience Exchange participants about radio spots and digital posters created to address the businesses’ marketing and outreach needs.

 Overall, the feedback from the business representatives was positive, and all participants were able to create a product to address some aspect of the visited businesses marketing needs. However, there is still a need for the participants to conduct more thorough needs assessments and to engage in more analytical lines of questioning in order to truly ascertain marketing and public outreach needs of local businesses.  It is also necessary for participants to improve their skills of negotiation, and to be able to clearly articulate during an outreach visit with a potential sponsor about how a partnership between their radio and a local business could be mutually beneficial and lucrative to both parties.  To address skill gaps around accounting, the administrative assistant of Monapo Community Radio shared samples of the finance tools and discussed finance practices currently being implemented by the radio.  While the experience exchange participants were receptive to these concepts, it is clear that several of the radio coordinators were uninterested in improving and/or establishing financial controls. For this reason, MSP will begin to identify a “second in command” that can participate in MSP trainings and that has interest in honing financial management skills.  In the future, MSP will conduct separate experience exchanges and or training activities around finance and marketing. Although both topics are linked to the financial sustainability of the radio, more targeted support and individualized monitoring is needed in each area. MSP will also more closely monitor sustainability plans to ensure that learning and techniques from the marketing and administration experience exchanges are being incorporated into goal setting.

Monitoring Trips  This reporting period, monitoring trips focused on journalism, sustainability, finance, and marketing were conducted in the following radios in August and September:

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Radio Visited Challenges Successes MSP Plans for Follow Up RC de Lugela (Lugela, The radio hasn’t been able to Signed a new partnership with The radio has created new Zambezia) implement many of the US-NGO World Education partnership but this was not at lessons learned from the the radio’s initiative marketing Exchange in New partnership with CEP, Cuamba. organization focused on More individual engagement citizenship and civic with coordinator around Radio needs assistance in participation sustainability plan to find ways producing more local content to incorporate new learning and marketing strategies into radio’s activities

Radio Thumbine (Milange, Brand new radio coordinator. After experience exchange in The radio had a new Zambezia) Former coordinator hasn't Nacala the radio conducted an coordinator and new given new coordinator access internal training to share collaborators that are in need to radio bank accounts. knowledge. of a mentorship visit around marketing and sustainability Energy and the electrical Radio created a six-person current continue to be a marketing team problem at the radio (the radio receive electricity from Mapped businesses in Malawi) Milange and border with Malawi The solar panels provided by the Program are currently Three new partnerships offline. Created a new cantina that generates approximately 185USD/month

Zambézia FM (Quelimane, In need of greater support Great capacity around use of MSP conducted an Zambezia) around broadcast journalism technology assessment of this radio and will add it to its portfolio

Radio Quelimane FM Radio is facing serious The radio is producing radio The radio’s marketing and (Quelimane, Zambezia) sustainability problems. spots as a source of income. fundraising strategies are Partnership with INGO that unclear. has paid vast majority of radio’s expenses for several Radio isn’t able to incorporate years will end in 2018. new learning from trainings into Sustainability Plan. Radio is facing HR challenges and is still missing important Radio is in need of a documentation for effective mentorship visit, MSP will management of its volunteers. need to identify a “second in command” in order to follow up on radio’s progress as coordinator is rarely available.

Nova Radio Paz (Quelimane, Radio needs help further Offers promotional packages MSP will help the radio create Zambezia) refining price list based on to potential clients developed a marketing team. further recommendations in partnership with MSP provided by MSP Provide greater support to the Publicizes all the radio’s radio’s administrative services to the public via coordinator. spots/social media

RC do Ile (Ile, Zambezia) Former coordinator passed In the process of updating its The radio is still going through away in April 2017. New programming schedule a leadership transition, and coordinator has little will need face-to-face management experience. The radio is using Frontline mentorship activities around SMS to ascertain audience broadcast journalism and The radio doesn’t engage in preferences marketing. planning.

The radio didn’t update its price table after the experience exchange

RC de Cuamba (Cuamba, Members of the association Negotiating new partnership Continued work around Niassa) that were bank signatories with Vodacom for radio spots. incorporating new lessons passed away. Radio is in the learned into Sustainability process of updating this Radio is able to maintain Plan information so they can existing partnerships and access bank accounts. create new ones.

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As a result, radio collaborators Updated price lists in line with Face-to-face mentorship haven’t received subsidies MSP recommendations around broadcast journalism and community activities. Promote community events and debates

Radio Esperança (Lichinga, The radio needs further 32 active collaborators. MSP added Radio Esperanca Niassa) support around equipment to its portfolio less than a year maintenance and broadcast After experience exchange in ago. MSP will continue to journalism. Cuamba that radio created a provide face to face and three-person marketing team. remote mentorship to the radio. Promoting debates and community events

Looking for new partnerships in a manner that is consistent with MSP recommendations

Radio Mpharama (Balama, The radio is able to create As a result of marketing The radio needs more on- Cabo Delgado) innovative ideas for marketing experience exchange, created going support around initiatives but has trouble a marketing team composed management of marketing executing their plans. of seven collaborators. initiatives.

Radio continues to produce New partnership with Nucleo Greater incorporation of content locally as per MSP de Combate ao HIV/SIDA fundraising and marketing recommendations initiatives into Sustainability New partnership with Plan Wiwanana for production and broadcast of radio programs.

Radio São Francisco de Assis The former coordinator was The radio produced more than The new coordinator will need (Nangololo, Cabo Delgado) removed by church 10 spots on average per significant support from MSP leadership. New coordinator month for fundraising in improving the radio’s has been nominated. operations (transparency The radio is strong in building controls, etc.) as well as the Former coordinator sold partnerships radio’s program production radio’s equipment capacity.

Given constant management changes, many collaborators have left radio.

RC de Nangade (Nangade, The radio continues to have The radio’s coordinator will Cabo Delgado) difficulties with sustainability participate in the Health and and internal capacity building. Nutrition Communication Network It has been difficult to monitor this radio due to distance and The radio needs mentorship in the unavailability of the journalism, operations, and coordinator. marketing. The radio needs to begin planning to support internal capacity building.

RC de Mocimboa da Praia The radio continues to have The radio currently has 21 MSP will work with radio to (Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo very weak and almost non collaborators. 16 of these create marketing team and to Delgado) existent financial procedures. collaborators have received build capacity of targeted training in journalism. administrative team around The radio does have an financial management through editorial line. The radio has a three-person mentorship. marketing team The radio coordinator is difficult to contact, and is involved in very many activities outside of the radio

Radio Sem Fronteiras (Pemba, Cabo Delgado)

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RESULT 5 – ADVOCACY & ALLIANCES

The big picture: Over the quarter, the strategy of focusing on the organizational development and strengthening of media associations, as well as developing mechanisms for collective advocacy action by the media associations, continued to progress, as shown in the increased capacity of several associations to better formulate their objectives and preparing concrete, actionable advocacy plans. Over time, a series of resource mobilization and project management workshops has reinforced this overall movement. The strengthening of the media associations is focused on two main lines of action: (a) strengthening their internal organizational and operational capacity and (b) coordinating efforts between different associations, so as to improve their ability to advocate for freedom of expression, press freedom and related media legislation.

Summary of activities:

Some highlights  The production of a proposal to revise the Press Law was the most important thing to happen in the quarter. To this end, MSP co-organized a workshop in Maputo on August 10 and 11 with MISA, CEC and FORCOM. The event brought together 54 journalists, representatives from CSOs and community radio stations across the country. In the end, a bill was drafted that will be submitted to parliament.  On July 13 and 14, MSP co-organized with RECAC a training on Child Participation and the Right to Information in the city of Nampula. Some 30 journalists attended, including communicators and human rights activists from Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado.  The focus of training was related to the need to promote freedom of expression for children and to promote their participation in decision-making forums. MSP participated in a similar activity in Quelimane July 27 to 28 with about 30 participants from Zambézia, Sofala and Manica.  On July 24, MSP published a video of the public debate on the IREX Mozambique YouTube Channel on the theme: election monitoring through access to information.  The debate analyzed good practices and aspects that should be safeguarded during electoral periods. The speakers were António Zacarias, correspondent of Magazine Independente in Inhambane and Bruzo Zita, a lawyer at the Human Rights Center of Eduardo Mondlane University.  As the elections approach, MSP will carry out various activities to promote freedom of the press in the context of elections.  On July 26, MSP in partnership with RECAC, AMCS and CIP held a public debate whose theme was: Advances in the Freedom of the Press. More than 20 people participated in the event that had as speakers Hómero Lobo, journalist of the Media Group; Abanes Ndanda, journalist at Magazine Independente; and Cídia Chissungo, social activist working for ActionAid. The debate served as an advocacy platform to discourage violations of journalists' rights.  On July 27, on the occasion of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, MSP publicly launched an online survey to collect contributions to the Proposal of the National Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons.  The survey, which was available until 8 August, was published on the PGR website (www.pgr.gov.mz) and on MSP social media and was sent by email and SMS to strategic partners. IREX and PGR has a memorandum of understanding for drafting the referenced plan and assisting the harmonization of legislation.  On July 27, IREX co-organized the celebrations for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, whose motto was "Protect and Assist Victims of Trafficking in Persons". IREX supported the travel of journalists from Maxixe to Massinga village, Inhambane province. Journalists from Magazine Independente, Dossier & Factos, TVM, Noticias, Diário de Mocambique, Rádio Mocambique and Rádio Progresso were present. The published material will be used to raise awareness of groups vulnerable to trafficking in persons.

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 On August 10 and 11, MSP co-organized a workshop for the production of a proposal to revise the Press Law. The event that brought together 54 journalists, representatives of CSOs and had participants from all over the country. The workshop produced a document that will be submitted to parliament. MISA, CEC and FORCOM are the organizations with which MSP worked on this.  On August 15, MSP published a radio spot on the right to information through Soundcloud. In total there were 7 radio spots made in August in partnership with Rádio Maxaquene. The spots explained issues of access to information.  On August 29, MSP organized, in partnership with the School of Journalism, RECAC, AMCS, CIP and JOINT, a public debate whose theme was: The Role of the Press in Criminal Investigation, where more than 40 people participated. The speakers were Ricardo Machava, a journalist at SOICO, Borges Nhamire, researcher at CIP and Fernando Goncalves, President of MISA Moçambique.  On September 5, IREX and CEDIMO – the National Documentation and Information Center signed a memorandum of understanding for implementation and monitoring of the Right to Information Law. Based on the MOU, MSP will train trainers in accessing information, create a monitoring tool through text messages, radio and TV spots to monitor information and strengthen the FOIA Working Group.  On September 6, IREX and TVM signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of the TV show “Soluções”. The program has a duration of 30 minutes and focuses on solution journalism. The program will be recorded. Besides being published in TVM, it will also be broadcast on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.  On September 12, MSP held a course on the Right to Information and Electronic Transactions Law. Some 13 participants from AMCS, RECAC, CEC, JOINT, Zayrah Africa, CEDIMO, PGR, Maxaquene Radio, Pamozi Radio and Radio Super FM were present. The purpose of the training was to improve knowledge and promote the use of the Right to Information and Electronic Transactions Law among the participants and to stimulate the creation of a working group for access to information and electronic transactions. In the end the participants prepared a document with the strengths and weaknesses of the Electronic Transactions Law.  On September 21, IREX published on its website a leaflet of the 20 most important facts of the Electronic Transactions Law. The tool presents a simple way for journalists and other professionals working in this area to understand the issues.

Challenges & impact  Public debates held a year ago in partnership with CSOs and media associations such as AMCS, RECAC, MISA, CIP and CIP have had few participants, which has forced MSP to change how it approaches the dissemination and broadcast of these issues.  Television debates recorded and published on IREX's YouTube channel were discontinued because they had few views. In its place the MSP will make a 30-minute TVM program called Soluções (Solutions). The program focuses on presenting initiatives that respond proactively and positively to social problems.  The radio spots produced by MSP and published on Facebook have had relatively limited reach, but MSP will continue to look for additional and/or alternative channels, such as community radio partner stations.  The Council of Ministers has been using the MSP's right to information surveys in partnership with RECAC and AMCS, which shows the importance attached to the work being done.

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RESULT 7 – TV SURDO (DEAF TV)

The big picture: In 2014, MSP started working with TV Surdo (Deaf TV) on a training program to develop the capacity for TV news reporting by, with and for the deaf. Fifteen TV Surdo members received introductory training in TV news production, including journalism skills, research, planning, filming, editing and presentation. As a culmination of this activity, the TV Surdo team carried out and filmed an interview with a Government Minister on the International Day for People With Disabilities (PWD). The program component has been designed to strengthen the capacity of TV Surdo, by training its members in TV news production for, with and by deaf people, thus strengthening the organization’s ability to respond to the needs for information, access, inclusion and participation of the deaf population, which in turn will allow deaf persons to play a more active role in social, economic and political affairs. The activities currently focus on Maputo, where both IREX and TV Surdo are based, but efforts will be made to identify deaf persons from the provinces to participate in trainings, either by bringing them to Maputo for training, shifting some activities to the provinces or pursuing long distance learning options. One additional outcome of this program component is that TV Surdo will bring information about the deaf community, and possibly about other PWD, to the rest of the population. In this way, materials produced by TV Surdo may meet two dual objectives of informing the deaf community and society at large, thus increasing the overall impact of the project. For the remaining part of the MSP project life cycle, IREX will work systematically to enhance the long-term sustainability and financial independence of TV Surdo. These sustainability efforts gathered momentum and focus during the quarter and there is a strong, determined and persistent focus on ensuring that TV Surdo will continue beyond MSP.

Summary of activities:

Start of USAID/Counterpart funded advocacy activity  The implementation by TV Surdo of an HIV advocacy project for People With Disabilities started in August. The project is funded by USAID through Counterpart, which implements the Civic Partnership for Good Governance program in Mozambique.  The project will create an alliance to implement inclusive policies that will bring together three representative associations of people with disabilities (ACAMO, ADEMO, AJOSMO) that will advocate before the Government to make HIV treatment policies inclusive.

Production of journalism manual on people with disabilities  TV Surdo is close to signing an agreement with CEC that, among other things, is aimed at producing the following outcomes: o CEC will finance the production of a guide for journalists on how to write news about people with disabilities. After this, TV Surdo and CEC will train journalists from all over the country, mainly in the central and northern provinces, on the guide. o CEC will finance trainees who will collaborate with TV Surdo, coming from the ECA and ESJ journalism schools. o TV Surdo will be invited to participate in all forums on journalism organized by CEC. o CEC will conduct joint programming with TV Surdo for the production of content and placement in the TV Surdo new program within the TV Surdo program concept.

Resource mobilization  TV Surdo and four organizations (CULTURARTE, CCFM, HANDICAP and IMAGE IN) will develop the project INCLUDE that aims to promote the participation of People With Disabilities in cultural, civic and citizenship activities. If awarded, the project will be financed by the EU.  TV Surdo and World Vision are finalizing the terms of the signing of an MOU that will cover joint productions, co-financing of initiatives and commissioned television programming produced by TV Surdo on behalf of World Vision.

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Ministry of Women Gender, Children and Social Action  TV Surdo and the Ministry are jointly working on an MOU to work in the People With Disability area. The MOU is expected to be ready by October 31 for the assessment of the disabled person's department at MMGCAS and subsequent signature of the agreement.

Commercial development  As a result of marketing and sales activities, TV Surdo was able to raise 200,000 meticais in revenues as follows: o MZN 100,000 in sign language insertion and placement on the platforms of TV Surdo, including a TV spot on the national census; o MZN 50,000 in sign language insertion in an UNFPA video; o MZN 50,000 to cover school sports games, financed by a sports association.  TV Surdo has reached an agreement with its partners SOICO and TIM to benefit from advertising revenue in TV Surdo news programs. The agreements are similar, it foresees sharing of advertising revenues in 60% for TV Surdo and 40% for the channel, regardless of who is advertising, as long as the advertising happens during the TV Surdo program.

Television production  During the period under review, TV Surdo produced 15 programs of 30 minutes each that were broadcast by STV (free to air) and STV News (cable).  Starting in October, the TV Surdo new program started to be broadcast by TIM at three different times during the week, after the STV broadcasts.  The TV Surdo news program is one of the 20 most watched television shows in Mozambique on Sundays, according to an audience study conducted by Ipsos.  Several associations of people with disabilities expressed an interest in signing MOUs with TV Surdo to see their activities on the different platforms of TV Surdo  Deaf people and sign language interpreters attending a degree at Eduardo Mondlane University are looking to complete their academic internship at TV Surdo.  TV Surdo carried out, with Counterpart, an analysis of its organizational development system that allowed identifying aspects that need improvement. TV Surdo will receive training and direction in the scope of the project that it is developing with Counterpart.  TV Surdo’s Facebook page, with close to 2,000 active followers, has an average reach of 14,000 views per publication. This is due to the constant publicity that TV Surdo makes of its platforms during the run of its program and through frequent postings in social media.

Vice-minister Ana Flávia Azinheira visits MSP, Midia Lab and TV Surdo Vice-minister for Youth & Sports, Ana Flávia Azinheira, recently paid a visit to the Media Strengthening Program, Midia Lab and TV Surdo to learn about the work of these programs in the area of journalism training, inclusive media and advocacy. Ms. Azinheira praised the positive and proactive approach of TV Surdo in advocating for disability rights and access to information. “I am very happy to see people working proactively to advocate for their rights rather than simply sit down and complain,” commented the Vice-minister, who is a regular viewer of the weekly TV Surdo news journal on the STV and STV Noticias channels. She praised the TV Surdo team for combating stigmatization, promoting inclusion and improving services for disabled persons. During her visit to the IREX office, the Vice-minister complimented the three capacity building programs as highly valuable efforts in preparing young people for the labor market. “A program like the Midia Lab provides opportunities for young people and enables them to secure high-level employment,” said Azinheira.

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2. Project Performance Indicators

Project performance indicators can be found in Annex I. During the quarter, the M&E team and processes continued to consolidate gains made and make further progress. The positive trend of increased substantial interaction between M&E and program staff continued, with program staff using M&E data to guide program planning and assessment. This ongoing dialogue is increasingly analytical in nature and is a core aspect of the team’s quarterly review meetings.

3. Major Implementation Issues

Since August 2016, IREX Mozambique has been operating on three-month revolving NGO registrations. International NGOs in Mozambique need to register or re-register every two years, and this process requires obtaining “no objection letters” (parecers) from all the provinces where the NGO is operating. This process is highly bureaucratic. While IREX has obtained parecers from Maputo, Zambezia and Niassa, it is still lacking the parcers from Nampula. In the case of Nampula, a negative parecer seems to have been issued, and it is not clear why it would be negative. IREX is consulting closely with USAID on the issue, which has been helpful in directing pointed questions to the authorities in question. IREX is pursuing a balanced approach of follow up. At the present moment, MSP activities on the ground in Nampula are not impeded by the withholding of the parecers. In August, IREX received a two-year national-level registration, but this registration does not include Nampula province.

4. Collaboration with Other Donor Projects

MSP’s key strategic partnership with DAI through the Dialogo project, a DFID-funded project focused on civil society and strengthening of municipalities, continued this quarter, for example through Result 2, where IREX staff supported Dialogo-partners to assess and improve their businesses and through Result 4, where IREX provided Adobe Audition and social media support to community radios working with Dialogo in Quelimane and Nampula in the North of the country. At the same time, IREX continued aligning its community radio activities more closely with UNICEF. This collaboration involves UNICEF sponsoring community radio staff to participate in IREX trainings, and the two organizations coordinating and optimizing their training plans and schedules. This process is expected to continue at full force in the fourth quarter. IREX also continued to work with the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) on issues related to fighting corruption and increasing transparency. During the quarter, IREX also expanded its collaboration with Chemonics, a USAID partner implementing the Coastal Cities Adaptation Program (CCAP), a program focused on climate change and its effects. Finally, IREX collaborates with Centro Terra Viva (CTV) in the area of biodiversity, wildlife trafficking and conservations, and its link to investigative journalism

5. Key Activities Planned for Next Quarter

Result 1 – Capacity Building

MIDIA LAB  An advertising spot for applications for the next ML cohort will be circulated on STV of an and a new cohort of an estimated 25 individuals will be recruited.  Cláudia Collucci, a special reporter and columnist specializing in the area of health will facilitate an intensive training week for the ML and will mentor trainees in health reporting.  The ML team will prepare a field trip. A group of trainees will be selected to produce content in some of the central districts of the country. The trip will take place December 11-17.  Some six ML trainees will travel to Johannesburg for the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, which takes place November 15-19.  The ML web site will be restructured and revamped. The website will become more interactive, with possibilities for creating and circulating a newsletter.  The ML cohort will livestream from the2017 MOZEFO FORUM 2017, which will take place between November 22 and 24 in Maputo, Mozambique.

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MEDIA AND HEALTH  A planning meeting will be held on October 2 and 3 with the HNCN community radio coordinators. The main objective of the meeting is to coordinate the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the HNCN.  In September, the World Food Program (WFP) approved a proposal for funding some of the activities of the HNCN. The funding will cover the production of radio programs and the organization of community events focusing on nutrition. The activities will be implemented in the provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado, Zambézia and Niassa, regions in which the members of the HNCN are already working. Activities with the WFP will take place during the next quarter with the start scheduled for November.  From October 30 to November 3, a five-day training on Early Childhood Development (ECD) and the production of radio spots will be organized. The training will be organized by MSP in coordination with PATH. The training aims to equip journalists with knowledge and practical skills for the production and adaptation of radio spots related to ECD.  In partnership with the Ministry of Health and Management Sciences for Health (MSH) MSP will organize a training related to journalistic coverage of antimicrobial resistance.

Result 2 – Business Operations  Operationalization of Xipalapala. We will register the community radios on the platform and enlist partners to start using the platform. The Xipalapala brand will be promoted.  Finalization and operationalization of the anti-corruption Paguei Refresco platform.  Creation of a new website for the Midia Lab as a way to give a more modern, dynamic feel that better presents the different contents produced.  Creation of website for h2n and an M&E mobile application for the HNCN.  Creation of platforms for monitoring access to information for MISA and CEDIMO, and revitalization of the RECAC website.  Definition of the sustainability strategy for h2n and Midia Lab, bearing in mind that these two projects will be separated from IREX as of January 2018.

Result 4 – Community Radio (CR)  Training of Enumerators for Monapo Audience Research Activities.  Focus groups and survey field work for Monapo Audience Research Activities.  Techniques in Radio Presenting- MSP will pilot a brand-new course around radio presenting in Nampula and Zambezia province. The objective of the course is to provide journalists with techniques to engage listeners on-air, conduct interactive telephone interviews, and promote upcoming programs.  Coordination Meeting with MSP partner community radio coordinators.  Training in development of Marketing Kits- CR coordinators and administrative staff will continue to share best practices, but will also receive special technical assistance from IREX in exploring digital tools to innovate marketing and public relations materials.  IREX will be collaborating with the World Food Programme to train journalists for the National Nutrition Rehabilitation Programme for Nampula province.  Follow-up mentorship visits around broadcast journalism and radio presenting in Nampula and Niassa provinces.  Translation and analysis of Monapo Audience Research Focus Group data and survey results.

Result 5 – Advocacy and Alliances  Start in November a 30-minute TVM program called Soluções based on solutions journalism and focused on existing solutions to problems rather than on the problems only.  Strengthen the FOIA Working Group by including CEDIMO and OSC.  From 28 to 30 November, conduct a training course on the access to information law for 25 CEDIMO professionals.  In December, prepare and publish a Guide on Digital Migration for online publication.  In partnership with MISA, create a mobile application to monitor access to information.

Result 7 – TV Surdo  TV Surdo will receive training from Counterpart to improve its organizational system with emphasis on the areas of legal compliance, communication, finance and accounting.  TV Surdo will train six correspondent journalists (stringers) from the provinces of Sofala, Nampula and Zambézia during the next quarter to report and send content from those provinces.

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 These stringers will be trained for 30 days on mobile journalism, as well as on filming and editing techniques and social networks and technical issues.  TV Surdo and Folha Verde intend to jointly hold a solidary-anticipated Christmas party on December 3. The party will bring together PWD and local entrepreneurs.  TV Surdo will cover and broadcast the event and will use it as a way to promote itself, its program and its relationship with STC.

6. Evaluation/ Assessment Update Evaluations, Assessments, Studies and Audits Include any and all types of evaluations, financial or programmatic, internal or external. Completed: List evaluations, assessments, Major Findings/Recommendations studies and/or audits held last year  Data Quality Assurance Audit.  The results from the DQA have been shared with USAID. April 2014. MSP and are being followed up on by MSP.  Administrative and Financial  A final report from the financial review has not yet review. USAID. May 2014 been shared with MSP. Planned: List evaluations, assessments, studies and/or audits planned for next year  Mid-term Evaluation by USAID contractor NORC took place May-July 2015, with field work undertaken by the evaluation team in May. The evaluation team’s report is available online.

7. Administrative Update MSP is currently in a steady implementation phase in the project life cycle, with few and limited administrative challenges. Operating processes, procedures and policies are in place and are being followed. A stable team with limited turnover also contributes to operating stability, allowing the team to focus its efforts on the challenges of program implementation. IREX is carefully managing the financial situation in relation to operations and activities, with a view to ensure that project expenditure comes in on target at the end of the project in December 2018. Efforts are also being made to diversify funding in order to maintain continuity and keep the current high-performing team in place until the program end date.

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8. Success stories and photos

Story 1: Monapo Community Radio prepares for audience study designed to analyze and improve programming

In preparation for an audience study in Monapo, Nampula, five employees of Monapo Community Radio participated in a one-week training on how to design, conduct and process digital surveys using the Kobotoolbox platform. “We will soon be implementing a survey to better understand our listeners and the impact of the radio on the community,” said Hélder Caetano, coordinator of the community radio station. The survey will be used to collect and analyze data aimed at improving programing at the station and to produce insights that may be applicable at other radio stations as well. The survey is carried out within the context of the Media Strengthening Program (MSP), and the training was facilitated by IREX staff in Nampula. The use of an open source survey tool allows the cost effective use of similar surveys at other radio stations later. One of the key advantages of the Kobotoolbox platform is that it can record and process data in different formats: questionnaires, interviews, audio recordings and video. “Using this tool, allows us to design and manage research surveys according to our needs,” said Damusson Aiupa, one of the radio station employees participating in the training, who admitted that he prior to the training had felt more comfortable with surveys on printed paper forms. Radio station coordinator Caetano said he hoped the experience and lessons learnt from using the Kobotoolbox could be helpful to other community radios and to other organizations in the district.

Participants in the digital survey training in Nampula practicing survey templates they developed during the training.

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Story 2: Midia Lab trainees learn Mobile Journalism (MOJO) techniques

In September, the current cohort of Midia Lab journalism trainees received smartphones and tablets as working tools to practice and develop their news production craft within a continuously evolving digital media context. Through a week of intensive training on mobile journalism (MOJO), which makes use of portable electronic devices to prepare, film and edit television-ready news reports, they trainees acquired many of the skills needed to make full use of the tools this emerging field. The rapid development of smartphones in recent years, with high-level sound and image quality now being the norm, has revolutionized the way journalists can add sound, video and images to their news reports, and being able to master the use of basic, but cost-effective digital tools is therefore becoming a necessity in the media market place. “Using the phone alone, we can now produce a report in ten minutes that previously would have taken hours to prepare,” said Neusa Fortunato, one of the trainees, who sees new technology as a means to encourage creativity and efficiency, not least through live streaming and other online options. “Sure, I used to take photos with my phone, but now realize that I can do much more than that,” commented Donaldo Augusto, another trainee. The Midia Lab team will use MOJO-generated material in several upcoming weekly news programs that will be broadcast on the STV and STV News channels.

Portable electronic devices have revolutionized the way journalists can record and produce news content that would previously have required more time and resources.

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ANNEX 1: M&E Quarterly Report (July - September 2017)

This part of the quarterly report summarizes the progress made in FY 2017 Quarter 4 (July through September 2017) on MSP program objectives. Over the course of the quarter, significant effort continued to be invested into improving and quality assuring the M&E processes. Part of this has been to work through all the underlying data processes and systems that support the top level reporting on program indicators. The MSP M&E team, which consists of one M&E manager and two M&E assistants, has been able to dedicate an increasing amount of time to data analysis, and we expect this trend to continue as the underlying data processes improve.

The updated (as of September 30, 2017, the end of Quarter 4 for FY 2017) MSP indicator tracking sheet (ITS) is included on the following pages. The ITS is the monitoring tool used by MSP to assess progress on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. While not all indicators are updated monthly, some being updated quarterly, twice-yearly or yearly, the ITS is shared with staff monthly for program management and analysis purposes. The data is also discussed in the quarterly review meetings (QRM) that take place after the conclusion of each quarter and in the quarterly donor reports. While keeping its basic structure, the ITS has evolved over previous quarters to better present the indicators and reflect adjusted targets. Furthermore, to facilitate the use of the ITS, a set of annotations to the ITS has been prepared and shared as an annex previously.

The ITS for the quarter is followed by some brief comments and a selection of supporting graphs and tables. For a precise definition and explanation of each indicator, please refer to the referenced document with annotations. It should be noted that the comments below are not intended to explain all aspects of each indicator, but to highlight certain select and relevant points. The information contained in this section builds on data and information provided in previous quarterly reports.

Indicator Tracking Sheet (ITS) updated as of September 30, 2017:

Previous Current FY17 FY16 LOP LOP # INDICATOR YTD PTD FY16‐Q1 FY17‐Q2 FY17‐Q3 FY17‐Q4 Target Variance Target Var Result 1: Capacity Building 1.1 Number (#) of targeted journalists. * 0 0 0 18 18 16 2 74 80 ‐6 Men 0 0 0 14 14 12 2 63 60 3 Women 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 11 20 ‐9 Number (#) of targeted journalists that demonstrate improvements in the 1.2 30 12 18 31 60 ‐29 prof. quality of media content they produce. ** Percentage (%) of targeted journalists that demonstrate improvements in the 1.3 69% 75% ‐6% 69% 75% ‐6% prof. quality of media content they produce. ** Number (#) of training days provided 2 to journalists with USG assistance, 2,582 2,017 2,470 1,823 8,892 5,000 3,892 24,441 13,000 11,441 measured by Person-Days of Training. Men 1,088 770 1,040 899 3,797 2,500 1,297 12,189 7,500 4,689 Women 1,494 1,247 1,430 924 5,095 2,500 2,595 13,176 5,500 6,752 Number (#) of journalists trained with 3 144 39 91 142 163 200 ‐37 1,412 1,100 312 USG assistance. Men 74 20 45 91 92 140 ‐48 1,004 800 204 Women 70 19 46 51 71 60 11 408 300 108 Number (#) of MSP trained student 4.1 0 0 0 34 34 36 ‐2 174 180 ‐6 interns, fellows and trainees. Men 0 0 0 14 14 18 ‐4 79 90 ‐11 Women 0 0 0 20 20 18 2 95 90 5

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Current FY17 FY16 LOP LOP # INDICATOR Prev Q1 Prev Q2 Prev Q3 YTD PTD FY17‐Q4 Target Variance Target Var Number (#) of MSP trained student interns, fellows and trainees that obtain 4.2 22 22 18 4 104 90 14 relevant employment in the media sector. Percentage (%) of MSP trained student interns, fellows and trainees that obtain 4.3 66% 66% 50% 16% 58% 50% 8% relevant employment in the media sector. Result 2: Business Sustainability 5.1 Number (#) of targeted media outlets. 4 3 6 6 6 5 1 14 15 ‐1 Number (#) of targeted media outlets 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 3 ‐3 3 12 ‐9 that meet professional standards. Percentage (%) of targeted media 5.3 outlets that meet professional 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 60% ‐60% 20% 80% ‐60% standards. Number (#) of non-state news outlets 6.1 39 30 42 30 67 50 17 98 100 ‐2 assisted by USG support. Number (#) of state news outlets 6.2 5 3 5 2 9 4 5 18 20 ‐2 assisted by USG support. Result 3: Education Percentage (%) of participating ECA 7 faculty members that continue to n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0% 100% 100% 0% pursue higher academic qualifications. Men n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 5 5 0 Women n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 1 1 0 Absolute score (#) in survey scores on perceptions of quality of curriculum 8.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0 8 ‐8 and curriculum implementation at ECA. Percentage change (%) in survey scores on perceptions of quality of curriculum 8.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0% 0% 25% ‐25% and curriculum implementation at ECA. Result 4: Community Radio Number (#) of non-state community 9.1 26 23 25 15 27 40 ‐13 64 65 ‐1 radios receiving assistance from MSP. Number (#) of state community 9.2 3 3 0 0 3 10 ‐7 10 10 0 radios receiving assistance from MSP. Number (#) of targeted community 10.1 32 32 32 21 32 10 22 32 30 2 radio stations. Number (#) of targeted community radio stations that progress one or 10 11 n/a n/a 3 11 18 ‐7 15 24 ‐9 more stages towards model station status. Percentage (%) of targeted community radio stations that progress one or 10 50 n/a n/a 60% 60% 60% 0% 78% 80% ‐2% more stages towards model station status. Result 5: Advocacy Number (#) of media sector CSO 11 and/or institutions assisted by USG 2 3 5 4 7 12 ‐5 36 35 1 support. Number (#) of targeted media sector 11 CSO and/or institutions assisted by 1 1 5 1 5 4 1 12 15 ‐3 USG support.

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Current FY17 FY16 LOP LOP # INDICATOR Prev Q1 Prev Q2 Prev Q3 YTD PTD FY17‐Q4 Target Variance Target Var Result 6: Gender & Media Number (#) of media professionals or media sector professionals who 12 63 23 6 0 70 60 10 214 120 94 complete an activity pertaining to gender norms that meets criteria. Men 49 11 1 0 41 30 11 134 60 74 Women 14 12 5 0 29 30 ‐1 80 60 20 Number (#) of training days provided to journalists with USG assistance, 12 pertaining to gender norms that meets 271 123 16 0 139 100 39 888 360 528 criteria, measured by Person-Days of Training. Men 141 59 3 0 203 50 153 506 180 326 Women 130 64 13 0 207 50 157 382 180 202 Percentage (%) of participants reporting increased agreement with the 13 concept that males and females should 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 80% ‐80% 67% 80% ‐13% have equal access to social, economic and political opportunities. Men 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 40% ‐40% 35% 40% ‐5% Women 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 40% ‐40% 32% 40% ‐8% Result 7: PWD Number (#) of training days provided 14 to PWD journalists with USG 395 536 669 0 1,205 700 505 3,240 1,000 2,240 assistance. Number (#) of PWD journalists 15 7 7 9 0 9 15 ‐6 10 30 ‐20 trained with USG assistance. Men 3 3 5 0 5 6 ‐1 5 12 ‐7 Women 4 4 4 0 4 9 ‐5 5 18 ‐13 * 29 journalists working for TV and Radios, were considered although for other indicators, only the universe of 45 which are those working for print Media Outlets. ** Journalists working for print Media Outlets.

Commentary:

Indicator 1. Number of targeted journalists. This indicator refers to seasoned journalists mentored by IREX staff. As of the end of Quarter 4 of FY 2017, some 74 journalists had been mentored to date (PTD = program to date). Of these, 30 were mentored during FY 2015, five (unique individual) in FY 2016 and the others in previous years. IREX is tracking all journalists mentored, but is only tracking quality improvements in those that have sufficient pre- and post-intervention written product to be adequately measured by the MCAT methodology. As of September 30, 2017, some 45 of the 74 reached the minimum requirements for being assessed, and of these, 31 individuals or 69 per cent showed improvement after being mentored (see indicator 1.2 and 1.3).

The full list of mentored journalists is included below. While this is not a bad result per se, it is still below the 75 per cent target set by the program, and continued effort will therefore go into increasing this quality score – by (a) providing continued feedback to the journalists and (b) increasing the number of journalists who have enough product to be measured. Furthermore, efforts will be made to mentor more women journalists to reach a target of 20 women out of 80 in total mentored.

As mentioned in the previous report, two groups of mentored journalists started working. Six of these, covering five partners (Soico, Correio da Manhã, Público, Jornal Zambeze and Rádio Indico), are participating in the Health Fellowship, while the others participate in a data journalism mentorship program. In October, further new mentorships with another resident expert will start, this time to complement journalists’ skills in covering health issues. For all mentorships, journalists are recruited who already have expressed an interest in learning about and in covering the topic.

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Continuing mentorship of senior journalists is a key focus of R1. The program expects to reach all numerical targets and is putting effort into achieving the quality targets.

Indicator 2. Number of Person Days of Training (PTD). The new LOP target is 13,000, as this target was adjusted upwards in consultation with USAID. By the end of FY 2015, which corresponds to approximately 2/3 of program time elapsed, IREX had already exceeded the target PTD over the life of the program. This is primarily due to a very high activity level in Year 2 and 3 of the program, with a strong focus on broad-based training courses for a relatively broad audience. In the final two years of the program, activities are more targeted and focused on fewer beneficiaries, so the PTD number is expected to be lower for Year 4 and 5. In terms of training activities overall (indicator 2), the gender balance is better than for mentored journalists (indicator 1), with 13,176 out of 24,441 PTD for female participants. The improved gender balance is driven primarily by the high female participation rate in the Media Lab program, where 2/3 of the participants are female.

Indicator 3. Number of journalists trained. The target for this Indicator was achieved during Q1 FY 2017, currently with 1,412 trained versus a target of 1,100. Of these, some 408 were women. Again, with the shift towards a more in-depth approach, with greater focus, more intensity and fewer beneficiaries, the number of additional journalists trained will only grow moderately in Year 4 and 5.

Indicator 4. Number of trained interns. We currently track until the first employment after each internship. By the end of Quarter 4 FY 2017, some 104 ML interns, funded interns or fellows out of 174 trained by IREX had obtained relevant employment within the media sector. With the 22 interns who obtained employment in the media sector during Quarter 4, the achievements surpass the target of 50 per cent employment. Considering the percentages of placements in the last groups and the interest the media sector has been demonstrating for ML graduates, we believe the targets for this indicator will be reached.

Indicator 5 and 6. Number of outlets. With an increased focus on quality, we are investing more time in those outlets that demonstrate a willingness to achieve rational business goals. Overall, IREX/MSP expects all targets under Result 2: Business (indicators 5.1-6.2) to be achieved.

Indicator 7 and 8. Education. This program component was discontinued.

Indicator 9 and 10. Community radio. From the community radio 32 partners IREX/MSP has been working with during last quarters (and years), we had a decrease of 11, being 21 the current number of targeted community radio. This is due to the decision ICS has taken, believed to be temporary, to not work with IREX/MSP until after the elections. We are currently interacting with ICS in order to reverse this decision, and hope to continue working with the ICS stations as well. All stations have been baselined according to a performance measurement framework. During Quarter 4, we started running the third follow-up assessment, and it was found that 3 out of the 5 stations under review had progressed significantly. Rádio Parapato and Qualimane FM are the two CRs that didn’t demonstrate significant improvement. Measures are being taken to help move these stations forward as well. Recommendations were provided to the stations, and we expect the stations to improve.

Indicator 11. Advocacy. Number of media sector CSOs assisted – in terms of both the overall and the targeted number of such CSOs, IREX/MSP has exceeded the numerical targets. The difference in depth between the two categories is, however, significant. The overall number (indicator 11.1) includes all CSOs that have participated in any training, for example if one member of the CSO participated in a specific training on elections and election reporting, whereas the targeted number (indicator 11.2) involves more direct, more customized and deeper interventions and follow-up by IREX. The latter indicator therefore is more representative of the higher impact work being carried out.

Indicator 12 and 13. Gender. The program was on track to reach the target for indicator 13, the number of media professionals completing a gender/GBV activity. By the end of Quarter 4 FY 2017, some 214 journalists had been trained in such activities, thus surpassing the established target of 120. In terms of the overall number of person days of training (PTD) on gender, the target was also already achieved. This is because the number of journalists trained is a threshold indicator where participants are counted once if and when they have passed a threshold of 10 hours of training, whereas the PTD indicator measures the overall volume of trainings.

Indicator 14 and 15. PWD. The PWD indicators are on track to be achieved.

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Table listing mentored journalists and their average MCAT scores (where available): MENTORSHIP Nr OF SCORE MENTORED JOURNALISTS MEDIA OUTLET COMMENTS DATE ARTICLES BEFORE AFTER Abibo Aly Público Sep, 2017 10 ‐ 0 69% Adérito Bié Sol do Índico Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 6 75% Antes deste periodo, este era apenas estudante. Aida Matsinhe Magazine Independente Sep, 2017 47 ‐ 0 76% Amós Fernando Zacarias IPS Feb, 2013 3 ‐ 4 85% 91% TV Miramar André Catueira Savana Feb, 2013 5 ‐ 12 67% 80% BOM Argunaldo Nhampossa Savana Jan, 2014 5 ‐ 17 70% 79% BOM Armando Nhantumbo Savana Sep, 2017 6 ‐ 0 83% Artur Cassambay Diário da Zambezia Aug, 2014 6 ‐ 5 52% 72% BOM Aunício da Silva Savana Feb, 2013 5 ‐ 9 35% 74% BOM Aurélio Novela Catembe Apr, 2015 1 ‐ 0 73% Parou de escrever Aurélio Sambo Telégrafo Jan, 2015 0 ‐ 2 73% Freelancer Belizário Cumbe O País Aug, 2014 3 ‐ 0 84% Revista Exame Benilde Matsinhe Sol do Índico Jan, 2015 0 ‐ 1 100% Parou de escrever Benjamin Mabochana Revista Exame Jan, 2015 0 ‐ 0 Rádio Comunitária Borges Nhamirre Canal de Moçambique Feb, 2013 5 ‐ 7 72% 76% BOM Camilo Silva Revista Exame Jan, 2015 0 ‐ 0 Freelancer Carlos Macuácua MediaLab TV & Impresso Sep, 2017 1 ‐ 0 71% Celso Chambisso O País Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 9 73% 68% BOM Cláudio Saúte Canalmoz Oct, 2013 5 ‐ 90 68% 72% BOM Cledy Marinela O País Jul, 2017 54 ‐ 10 72% 82% Clemêncio Fijamo O País Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 18 78% 78% BOM Cleófas Viagem O país Jan, 2014 2 ‐ 9 65% 74% Em actualização Cristovão Bolacha Averdade Jan, 2015 10 ‐ 8 63% 68% BOM Daniel Maposse Catembe Aug, 2015 0 ‐ 1 92% Dércia Samuel Ndjindje Revista Exame Jul, 2016 0 ‐ 0 Diamantino Lauchande Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 Estudante Edson Arante Correio da Manhã Jul, 2017 29 ‐ 10 67% 71% Edson Manjate Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 Estudante Egídio Plácido Zambeze Jul, 2017 4 ‐ 6 63% 89% Elvira Domingos Sep, 2017 0 ‐ 0 Eugénio da Câmara Canal de Moçambique Sep, 2017 51 ‐ 4 70% 79% Eva Trindade Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 Televisão Feling Capela Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 Fotojornalista Francisco Raiva O País Jul, 2017 7 ‐ 3 71% 71% Gildo Mugabe Dossier & Factos Aug, 2014 4 ‐ 0 75% Ainda em busca do contacto Hamina Lacá Público Jul, 2017 10 ‐ 9 78% 85% Hélder Massinga MediaLab TV & Impresso Jan, 2015 7 ‐ 6 71% 60% BOM Hélder Xavier Averdade Aug, 2014 5 ‐ 3 75% 78% Virou assessor de Ministro da Educaçáo Hermenegildo Langa Catembe Aug, 2014 0 ‐ 13 71% Sem resgisto antes desse periodo Herminio Jose Revista Exame Jan, 2015 0 ‐ 0 TV Hilário Agostinho Debate Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 5 71% 57% BOM Hilário Dias Revista Exame Jan, 2014 0 ‐ 0 Radio

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Hilário Massuque Revista Exame Jan, 2014 0 ‐ 0 Rádio Inácio Sumila Inácio Sep, 2017 0 ‐ 0 Isaías Natal Magazine Independente Aug, 2014 2 ‐ 5 62% 54% Em processo Jaime Ubisse Correio da Manhã Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 1 56% Jorge Mirione Password Apr, 2014 0 ‐ 1 95% José Jeco Canal de Moçambique Oct, 2013 5 ‐ 65 47% 66% BOM Jubílio Tembe Catembe May, 2015 4 ‐ 32 73% 73% BOM Júlio Paulino Averdade Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 13 76% 75% BOM Laque Francisco Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 IREX Leonardo Gasolina Averdade Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 24 72% 74% BOM Leonel Albuquerque Sol do Índico Jul, 2015 9 ‐ 8 68% 68% BOM Leonildo Balango Diário de Moçambique Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 2 80% Lote Sigaúque Revista Exame Jul, 2017 0 ‐ 0 Rádio Lucília Xavier Revista Exame Jan, 2014 0 ‐ 0 Rádio Comunitária Lucinda Alfândega O País Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 17 77% Antes deste periodo, este era somente estudante. Luís Nhachote Averdade Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 5 70% 72% BOM Marcelino Maningue MMO Jan, 2015 0 ‐ 1 58% Miranda Siveleque WamphulaFax Jan, 2014 0 ‐ 1 65% Narciso Nhacila Desafio Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 3 77% Jornalista Desportivo Nelson Mucandze Magazine Independente Apr, 2014 5 ‐ 21 69% 79% Tem...... Em actualização Orlando Macuácua O País Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 16 68% 65% BOM Raúl Senda Savana Jan, 2015 7 ‐ 14 78% 79% BOM Reginaldo Mangue Confidencial Aug, 2014 5 ‐ 6 72% 77% Em actualização Reginaldo Tchambule Magazine Independente Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 93 65% 75% BOM Ricardo Machava O País Sep, 2017 17 ‐ 2 80% 85% Rosa Fumo Diário de Moçambique Jan, 2014 0 ‐ 2 81% Selma Marivate Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 IREX Sérgio Fernando Correio da Manhã Aug, 2014 5 ‐ 8 73% 79% BOM Sérgio Sitoe Revista Exame Feb, 2013 0 ‐ 0 TV Valdo Mlhongo Revista Exame Jan, 2015 5 ‐ 5 79% 85% BOM Xisco Conge Catembe Mar, 2015 3 ‐ 4 40% 34% Iniciou com a mentoria. Ainda em progresso Zito Ossumane Boletim Informativo Aug, 2014 5 ‐ 5 70% 47% Em actualização

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Médias por Categoria (MCAT)

81.2% 83.6%

64.8% 57.6%

FONTES RELEVÂNCIA ESTRUTURA IMPARCIALIDADE

Categoria FONTES: Médias por Pergunta

96% 85%

36% 31% 23%

Existência de pelo Fontes credíveis, Extractos sustentados Fontes individuais Diversidade de fontes menos 3 fontes qualificadas e por evidências propriamente relevantes atribuídas

Artigos por tópicos pré‐selecionados (PTD) 1129

635 666

429

Género VBG Biodiversidade Indústria Extractiva

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Artigos sobre Género por jornal

336

129 119 118 51 42 36 36 32 24 24 24 22 20 13 12 11 11 2 11 &

País Moz

Índico O Exame

Manhã Savana

Público

Notícias Zambeze Catembe Domingo do Mediafax Zambezia Averdade Canalmoz

Impresso Confidencial da Sol

Moçambique Moçambique Expresso

Independente WamphulaFax Revista

MediaLab de de

Correio Diário Canal Diário Magazine

Género: Artigos por temas

635

429

Género VBG

Artigos sobre Biodiversidade por jornal

347

168 139 74 68 61 44 38 33 31 30 25 18 14 14 11 7 22111 &…

País Moz

Índico O

Manhã Savana Debate Público

Txopela Notícias Catembe Zambeze Domingo do Mediafax Zambezia Averdade Canalmoz

Informativo

da Sol

Moçambique Moçambique Expresso

Independente WamphulaFax

MediaLab de de

Correio Diário Boletim Canal Diário Magazine

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Qualidade por tipo de jornal

74.3% 74.0%

69.9%

Eletrónico Impresso Online

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