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Migrant Radio

Tune into Migrant Radio, starting  Monday July 2nd at 2pm and running for three weeks on Near FM.  These programmes have been produced by a group of enthusiastic trainees and cover a diverse range of topics, from cultural diversity to health, technology, migration, direct provision and many others. You will have[Read More…]

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Ethical Media for Active Citizenship – The EMAC project

The proliferation of mass media and new technologies has brought about decisive changes in and challenges to human communication processes and behaviour. The change in the media landscape has also impacted the role and social, professional and ethical responsibilities of journalists. These changes in the role that media plays in[Read More…]

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Launch of Near Archive

Near FM to launch new Digital Audio Archive in Coolock Library on Wed Nov 16th You are cordially invited to the official launch of the Near Archive in Coolock Library on Wednesday, 16th November @ 6.30pm Near Archive will be officially launched by Dr Pauric Travers, chairperson of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.  Also[Read More…]

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EurEval

EurEval is a partnership with Near FM and the community radio station Dublin South FM, Ireland; BCB, Bradford, UK; Radio Eskilstuna, Sweden; Commit, Austria; Arci Novaradio, Florence, Italy; Radio Enlace, Madrid, Spain; Radio Student, Maribor, Slovenia; Fréquence-Sillé, France; Syndicat National des Radios Libres, France (Coordinateur). This Erasmus + project runs over two years until summer 2016 and involves data collection and analysis for[Read More…]

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YouEditEU (Young Editorial Teams Europe)

Erasmus + Transnational Strategic Partnership in the field of Youth. In 2015 and 2016 NearFM in partnership with the community radio station Tilos Radio in Budapest, Hungary; Radio Valekas in Madrid, Spain and Radio Wüstewelle in Tübingen, Germany are working on a joint project that involves training and production of programmes with young Adults[Read More…]

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Speaking Up for a Change!

The first national series as part of Craol’s Speaking Up For A Change advocacy project will be launched on the 25th February in the Mansion House, Dublin. As a result of the Speaking Up For A Change project 270 people over the age of 55 across the country are producing[Read More…]

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Understanding Media for Active Citizenship UMAC

Understanding Media for Active Citizenship UMAC aims to create a toolbox to collect media literacy infused resources and methodologies that the project partners are using in their own community media training courses and workshops. The toolbox will be shared on an on-line platform that would allow other community media trainers to[Read More…]

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SMART Training for all

http://eng.smart.radiotraining.eu/ In 2013, six European community radio organisations got together to share their training knowledge and resources and offer them in the shape of an on-line resource to all other community radio trainers. The SMART project, funded by the Leonardo Transfer of Innovation fund, allowed the trainers to adapt and[Read More…]

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