Wishing you all the best in this venture, Kanchan. Warm regards.
Indira ----- Original Message ----- From: Kanchan K. Malik To: CR India ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:07 PM Subject: [Discuss-CRF] CR News - Launch, and Call for Contributions ANNOUNCING the launch of CR News – Tracking Community Radio in India We are delighted to announce the launch of a quarterly e-newsletter on Community Radio developments in India: CR News – Tracking Community Radio in India. The newsletter will be the first of its kind in the country and will provide a platform for community radio practitioners, advocates, academics, and policymakers to share community radio news, events, challenges and opportunities. Supported by UNESCO, and produced by the Department of Communication, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad, the e-newsletter’s editorial team consists of Ashish Sen (Trustee of VOICES, Bangalore and President, AMARC Asia-Pacific) as the Editor; Kanchan Malik (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad) as the Associate Editor; and Vasuki Belavadi (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad) for Design and Production. CR News has an Advisory Board that includes: Prof. Vinod Pavarala (University of Hyderabad and President, Community Radio Forum of India); Frederick Noronha (Independent Journalist, Goa); Anita Gurumurthy (ITforChange, Bangalore); Rajen Varada (UNESCO, Delhi); Anujaa Shukla (Radio Bundelkhand, TARAgram Orchha, MP) and Nikhil Dey (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Rajasthan). The e-newsletter will comprise four segments, namely: a.. News and Events b.. Voices from the field c.. Opinion and Feedback d.. Announcements The inaugural issue of CR News – Tracking Community Radio in India is scheduled to be launched mid-June, 2010. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS The editorial team seeks contributions by way of news reports, features, announcements and opinions on recent community radio activities in your organization/region/nation. Voices/Stories from the field, including interviews with community members (listeners and producers) are especially welcome. Kindly note: 1.. Contributions should be in English, restricted to 200 words for news/event and 250 words for opinion pieces and features, and typed double spaced. 2.. Contributions may preferably be accompanied by photographs/illustrations. 3.. Contact address and details of authors/organization should accompany the contributions. 4.. The last date for submissions is May 10th, 2010. 5.. Electronic submission of contributions is recommended. Please email your articles/reports/features to: [email protected] 6.. If you are unable to email, you can also send your typed articles/reports/features to: Dr. Kanchan Malik Department of Communication; Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication; University of Hyderabad; Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046 Phone: +91-40-23135506(O); +91-990-858-2613(M) 7.. The final selection of contributions will be determined by the editorial team. We look forward to hearing from you about your community radio station or all the community radio related developments that you are following. Please remember, the deadline for the content to reach us is: May10, 2010. Thank you in anticipation. Best Regards Ashish Sen Kanchan Malik (Editor) (Associate Editor) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.crforum.in/listinfo.cgi/discuss-crforum.in
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