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SESSION E:5. TRAINER'S NOTES

ACCESS ALL AREAS

Objectives:

  • To explore the following:
  • Your radio station is committed to proactive access policies. What does this mean in practice?
  • The concept of access media is taken to mean that in theory anyone and everyone has equal access to the broadcast facilities.

By introducing the term equal, we raise another issue, central to why and how individuals and organisations scattered across the community can avail of this community radio station.

Some groups are well organised, and are well versed in using the media to further their aims. They will have appointed a Public Relations, or Press Officer to interface with the media. They will issue press releases, and seek interviews, while other less organised groups will not have reached even that level of media sophistication.

How can your project respond to this situation?
How can you identify those most in need of an accessible local medium?
How can you encourage them to avail of this opportunity to tell their tale and enlist public support?

Perhaps an organised session of brainstorming would help?

But it needs to be focussed and well informed. Who is best placed to do this evaluation?

Why, the group gathered here!

By your presence, you have shown an interest in democratic media. And, as local people, you are best placed to outline knowledge about the area.

The following module allows you to pool your knowledge and to devise realistic access strategies.

Materials:
Coloured markers.
Flip chart paper.

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