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MAY 3, 2011
DC Water chief turns on the public diplomacy to make tap hip again
The Washington Post
Hawkins, a Harvard Law graduate, former EPA lawyer and now head of DC Water, was hired to undo the public-relations mistakes made by WASA executives during the recent lead scandal in Washington DC. His job is to be more forthright and empathic. So when confronted by customers, he often takes a conciliatory approach.
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APR 27, 2011
Tehran squirms as crackdown by ally Syria creates global uproar
The Los Angeles Times
But as the turbulence in Syria and international outrage over the hundreds killed gain momentum, many Iranian diplomats, pundits and academics can evade the question no longer. In an interview on Iran's Arabic-language Alam TV on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast... vaguely and tactfully stated that Iran respected the sovereignty of other countries.
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APR 27, 2011
Gods, Geeks, Gamers, and Gatekeepers - The Future of Power
CPD Blog
Day to day we each have our routines and along the way are bombarded by images, messages, and endless information. But what breaks through the information overload and influences us? What captures our attention, our imagination and ultimately lodges itself in our memory?
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APR 25, 2011
Has the BBC become too afraid to take risks?
Guardian
When Lord Patten went before the Commons culture, media and sport select committee last month to lay out his credentials as the new chairman of the BBC Trust, he deliberately alighted on a key issue for programme makers and viewers: whether the BBC has become too risk-averse in its commissioning.
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APR 22, 2011
“No, Minister!” British MPs Rebel over World Service Cuts
The Heritage Foundation (Blog)
While some streamlining of U.S. international broadcasting will be necessitated by the House Republicans’ proposed 10 percent cut in the BBG’s current $745 million budget, economies should clearly not be found by the wholesale elimination of key services.
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APR 20, 2011
Xinhua Mobile Newspaper delivers soft-launch in Kenya
Coastweek Kenya (Xinhua)
The soft-launch ceremony of the first-ever mobile newspaper in sub-Saharan Africa, Xinhua Mobile Newspaper, is held on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya, which enables about 17 million Kenyan mobile subscribers to receive news from China’s Xinhua News Agency via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).
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APR 19, 2011
BBG Names VOA Head
Radioworld
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has chosen David Ensor to be the new director of the Voice of America. The former journalist, currently working for the State Department, will join VOA in June, replacing Danforth Austin.
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APR 19, 2011
The Anti-al-Jazeera: Bahrain’s Notorious State-Run TV Channel
The Atlantic
As protesters take to the streets, the regime is using government-run television to hit back with sectarian propaganda. Bahrain TV blares from most corners of this island Kingdom -- in malls, restaurants, living rooms.
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APR 19, 2011
Come in, Aussie, come in
WA today
But what to give the man who has everything? How about a $223 million contract to broadcast Australia Network, the government's overseas television station that reaches more than 34 million households in 44 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific and the Indian subcontinent.
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APR 18, 2011
Manmohan’s Pain Balm in the region may not work
India Today
Indian bureaucracy needs to take some lessons on public diplomacy from their Western counterparts, and the same is the case with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Office. With corruption becoming a key rallying point, the extra-sensitive PMO mandarins ensured that the electronic media was booted out of the onboard media from the PM's recent trip to China
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