MDI: Egyptian media discuss diversity at MDI Cairo conference

14 Mar 2012 13:20 March 13, 2012 By John Owen

“The title of the conference made me start laughing,” was how a leading Egyptian TV presenter, Reem Magued, recalled reacting when she was invited to speak at a conference entitled 'Journalism of Diversity for an Inclusive Society', organized by the Media Diversity Institute (MDI), in partnership with the British Council and UNESCO, and funded by SIDA, in Cairo on 10 March 2012.

Video Training for Egyptian students at the Thomson Reuters Foundation

Video Training for Egyptian students at the Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Students talk about training at the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Published date: 08/01/2011

"Facebook and People Power - The View from Tahrir Square"

31 May 2011 15:29  Source: trustmedia // Thomson Reuters Foundation
In the space of 18 days in January and February, the people of Egypt overthrew the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak in a peaceful uprising that transfixed the world, and whose consequences are still reverberating. Behind this revolution was a group of young activists with the courage, tactical skill and mastery of 21st century social media to mobilise a whole society in opposition to an authoritarian ruler.
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