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Thinking about Information and Democracy
I recently had the privilege of attending the 2012 Milton Wolf Seminar in Vienna as an emerging scholar in the field of information and democracy, to which Albany has sent delegates in the past. During lunch on the first day … Continue reading
SCMC12
Congratulations to all the delegates on SCMC12. A truly international course, with delegates from Kenya, Germany, Nigeria, Israel, Estonia, Canada and the Netherlands as well as the odd Brit, SCMC12 was held over three days at Madingley Hall in Cambridge. … Continue reading
Following the DRC’s Electoral and Media Progress
The presidential and national legislative elections on November 28th in the Democratic Republic of Congo came to an end in April. Joseph Kabila’s victory has been recognised by most of foreign countries despite serious doubts on the fairness of the elections. … Continue reading
Go and help the Muslims – and get a bit of sun, too
Strange things happen in Mogadishu airport. Day 1 and a British national suspected of al-Qaeda ties is detained. Porn, suspicious substances and traditional Arab dress in his luggage. I hotfoot it down to the police station to discover a black … Continue reading
The Arab Spring and the impact of social media
The whole world watched the events in the Middle East and North Africa a year ago with feelings of inspiration, fascination and awe – awe at the power of digital technology, at our ability almost to be part of it … Continue reading
OSCE-Albany Broadcast Regulation Master Class
When: 26 March 2012 – 28 March 2012 Where: Istanbul, Turkey Albany Associates in cooperation with the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will conduct a Masterclass in Broadcast Regulation to be held in Istanbul in March this year. … Continue reading
After the Storm: Media Regulation in Syria’s Future
Syria was last reviewed by IREX’s Media Sustainability Index in 2009, and scored 0.94 (with scores between 0 and 1 meaning the country is “anti-free press.”[1]) For the past three years Syria’s media has been manipulated and controlled by the … Continue reading
Training for Ukrainian and Polish Police and Border Services
While we mostly operate in some of the hotter parts of the world, our recent training has taken us to the frozen climes of Kiev, Ukraine, where we conducted crisis communications and media training for personnel of the Polish and … Continue reading
Syria: A Case for Information Intervention?
Is it me, or are the debates over intervention in Syria a little, well, industrial? Placing the outright military intervention option to one side, if the reporting of the international community’s efforts is anything to go by, and admittedly that … Continue reading
2012: The End of the Line for al Shabaab?
As William Hague drove through Mogadishu, the first British Foreign Secretary to do so in 20 years, he personified the new spirit of cautious optimism that now surrounds the peace process there. The Chief of Staff of the Somali Army … Continue reading
