Launch of the Radio against Ebola initiative
A CFI project in partnership with radio associations and federations in six West African countries
SafirLab 2014: 21 young people from Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen champion their projects in Paris
At a time when a number of countries in the Arab world are experiencing major upheaval which is making normal everyday life difficult...
Shabab up! School project holds its 2nd seminar in Tunis
How should journalism colleges develop to keep in step with new professional practices and to offer the Tunisian and Moroccan media young...
CFI helps five Arabic daily newspapers make the transition to digital media
Ahead of the 4M Forum held in Lebanon on 17-19 October 2014, representatives from 5 major privately owned Arabic daily newspapers met up...
A look back at the 4M Mashreq experience
Nearly a year after it was launched, the 4M Mashreq project – which aims to support the development of ten online media in Lebanon, Jordan...
"4M Caucasus": interview of Liana Sayadyan, Deputy Editor of the Armenian website Hetq
In the wake of the November 2013 4M Forum in Tbilisi (Georgia), CFI set up the #4M Caucasus project to support the production and...
In the beginning was the camera…
CFI is supporting Syria's Mobile Phone Film Festival, which is being organised by the Al-Shareh collective of videographers. The Festival...
4M Beirut Forum 2014 | ONLINE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM IN THE ARAB WORLD: risks, practices and economies
17, 18 and 19 October 2014
How are online media changing the very foundations of news production and broadcasting in the Arab world?...
VTV24: a CFI expert supports the creation of a news channel
In response to the competition from international news channels, the Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV is planning to set up its own...
Objectif Pub initiative launched in Dakar
A regional workshop focusing on how to enhance and optimise programme schedules and make them more profitable was held from 22 to 27...
Rap news phenomenon starting to take off!
The concept of "rap news bulletins" devised by a Senegalese blogger has now spread to several channels around the world, including in...
Johannesburg: reflecting on film education in Africa
On 16 and 17 September 2014, AFDA (South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) welcomed the annual CARA (African...