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Mozambique Media Strengthening Program Agreement No. AID-656-A MSP April – June 2016 Quarterly Report Mozambique Media Strengthening Program Agreement No. AID‐ 656‐A‐12‐00001 FY2016 3rd Quarter Report: 1 Apr – 30 Jun 2016 Media Lab journalism trainees carried out field work in Namaacha district to learn first‐hand about the impact and consequences of the severe drought in the district. For many of the participants it was an eye‐opening experience that caused them to reflect and report on the impact of emergencies at the community level and the official response to them. Submitted 20 August 2016 Page 1 of 37 MSP April – June 2016 Quarterly Report 1. Project Duration: 5 years 2. Starting Date: 11 June 2012 3. Life of project funding: $10,278,124 4. Geographic Focus: Mozambique (all provinces) with a focus on Maputo 5. 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 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 Page 2 of 37 MSP April – June 2016 Quarterly Report 1. Summary of the reporting period – 3rd Quarter FY 2016 Selected highlights from the reporting period include: Some summary points – Capacity Building: The 5th Media Lab program, an intensive ten-month journalism training, ended with the graduation of 26 participants, and in parallel, the recruitment for the next cohort started. The first mentorship cycle on biodiversity and wildlife trafficking ended, with reports generated on topics such as poaching and the use of marine resources. While the Media Lab and the mentorship programs are the mainstay of basic capacity building activities, other specialized courses are being developed and implemented. Some summary points – Business: Three projects developed under the New Media Initiative (NMI) received total seed funding of US$50,000 to develop digital innovation projects. Correio de Manha saw a redesign of its core products and received extensive support from IREX to improve its business operations and processes. Systematic efforts to expand the understanding and use of social media as elements of long-term sustainability and audience engagement strategies continued. Some summary points – Community Radio: Twenty two CR journalists from Zambezia and Nampula were participated in a trainer-of- trainers (TOT) training in Adobe Audition. In collaboration with Dialogo (DAI), MSP implemented two trainings in production skills and good governance. A cadre of assistant trainers and other CR staff and volunteers were participated in seminars on the development of commercial opportunities. Mentorship visits to several target community radio stations took place, including Radio Ehale, Radio Parapato and Radio Sem Fronteiras. Some summary points – Advocacy: MSP continued to work with two long-term media association partners, AMCS and RECAC, training the latter in the use of the MCAT tool. The program continued to work on the monitoring of the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and to educate stakeholders in its application. In a seamless continuation of the public debates on media issues, MSP continued the migration to and development of an online talk show format to address current issues. The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) agenda was advanced through collaboration and alignment with the TIP-LAP project. Some summary points – Gender & Media: In April, MSP prepared, developed and participated in a prime time TV program on TVM focused on gender and GBV issues. MSP worked with the 99 FM radio station to train a team of six staff members on issues related to GBV and premature marriages. The radio training was followed by a more broadly focused training for journalists on girls’ rights, a collaboration with the Movement for Education for All (MEPT). The research and writing of the 2015 Gender in the media report was concluded. The report is scheduled for launch on October 20. Some summary points – TV Surdo (Deaf TV): In April, TV Surdo started and successfully maintained a production schedule of three online TV news reports per week. Efforts continued to expand the audience trough targeted promotional activities. Page 3 of 37 MSP April – June 2016 Quarterly Report 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 Media 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, extractive industries and the environment (an umbrella term which includes biodiversity, wildlife trafficking, conservation and the effects of climate change). 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 sectors of the 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. Some summary points – professional capacity building: The 5th Media Lab program, an intensive ten-month journalism training, ended with the graduation of 26 participants, and in parallel, the recruitment for the next cohort started. The first mentorship cycle on biodiversity and wildlife trafficking ended, with reports generated on topics such as poaching and the use of marine resources. While the Media Lab and the mentorship programs are the mainstay of basic capacity building activities, other specialized courses are being developed and implemented. (A) MEDIA LAB PROGRAM The 5th iteration of the Media Lab program graduated 26 participants at the end of June, in a graduation ceremony attended by US Ambassador Dean Pittman, among others. The event marked the conclusion of a ten-month vocational training program aimed at developing strong journalism skills, attitudes and values in the group. At the same time as the 2015- 2016 Media Lab graduates got ready to move on, recruitment started for the next cohort. Building on the experience gained over the implementation period, the recruitment process was refined in various aspects, for example in the specificity of the testing of applicants, with the objective of attracting increasingly more qualified applicants. This is part of a longer term strategy aimed at turning the Media Lab into an elite program for the best qualified and motivated university graduates, thus improving the overall level in the media sector and increasing the prestige associated with it. We believe we are on the right path with regard to this and count on a gradual improvement in the quality of participants. Of the 26 graduates, some 18 had already obtained employment by the end of the quarter, 10 of whom had been recruited by
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