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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

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Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Melissa Ulbricht, MobileActive.org. Making radio more accessible in Ghana.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

She was also awarded their annual Ida B. We sell our content to mainstream and other media organizations all over the world. BB: With your recent awards, you are probably getting more interview requests. We do sell our content to media organizations all over the U.S., Wells prize for Bravery in Journalism.

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Martin Luther King Day - Let Freedom Ring

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Our hearts might have been broken that night, but we kept the faith that our child, like Martin Luther King’s own four children would “one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” These are the important moments, when we come up against who we are.