Clearly a more intense version of public radio. Some excerpts: People have so much faith in radio. . .someone who was raped, before going to the hospital, they come here. If someone has been attacked, before going to the police, to the government, they come here. Before going anywhere, they come here. During the war, radio stations deployed teams of mixed ethnicity. . . journalists were trained in conflict resolution. . . call-in political talk shows and soap operas promoting peace and democracy were hugely popular, despite their pedagogical themes. The independent media. . . now fill the vacuum left by opposition parties — and are in direct conflict with the government. Journalists are frequently intimidated, called in for questioning and occasionally arrested. Radio’s democratic aspects — it is accessible to the illiterate, can be listened to communally, in remote or extreme circumstances, and while going about daily life — are arguably why the century-old technology remains pertinent around the world. Journalists at the Bujumbura offices of Radio Insanganiro, work under a framed quote from Bertolt Brecht, which says that radio should be “able to transmit, but also receive, make the listener not only hear, but also speak, not isolate him, but connect him with others.”
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 20:34:52 +0000
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