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5. Media, the Netherlands
“Our inspiration is that there is a new role for media and a new role for journalists.
Therefore we realise that we have to redefine that role in the coming years. We
feel we can be a facilitator to shape change. We can also be a trusted guide in the
information overload. In doing so we recognize that we need to operate on the
basis of equality, two-way communication, instead of merely giving a voice to the
voiceless.”
6. Broadcast Media Organizations, developing countries &
countries in transition
“We were inspired by the energy for mutuality in sharing expertise and experience.
It is a good and positive concept. Innovation can help by sharing knowledge. If
we reflect on how to realise this, we see that we need people who catalogue the
process as change agents, the journalist. We need to develop their capacity to be
innovative and creative.”
7. RNTC
“Our strong interest was evoked by contributions on the untold stories, which
clearly links to giving a voice to the voiceless, inclusion and diversity, human rights.
Our challenge is to search and find those stories. An insight we have is
that we constantly need to innovate and adapt and be aware of this necessity. Not
only our technologies need to innovate and change, but also our methodologies
and the way we cooperate. We need to look for new partnerships, new North-South
relationships, new ways of learning.”
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