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Staff Blog - Timor-Leste

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Staff Blog for the Timor-Leste Media Program

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Author:	ICFJ /East Timor Staff	Created:	2/16/2008
A blog on the goings-on at the ICFJ media training center in Timor-Leste.

Mr. IT
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 2/13/2009

ICFJ staffer Oscar Sully faced obstacles as he tried to bring high speed internet to the Baucau Media House, but his determination ultimately paid off.

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Coconut Trees and Radio Towers
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 2/12/2009

The old antenna atop the radio tower at Radio Akademika at National University had to be replaced the other day. The problem was – no one wanted to climb the skinny 25 meter high tower. ICFJ staffer Fernando da Silva, who is kind of a big guy, got half way up before the tower began to sway – he figured it was time to climb back down.

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Community radio class graduates, staff takes a sea voyage
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 10/23/2008

Community radio managers from across Timor-Leste complete their first round of training, and plan for a second to start in November

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AusAID, USAID sign agreement that gives ICFJ project $500,000 AUD
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 9/25/2008

For the second time, AusAID officials visit the ICFJ office in Dili to make a generous contribution to the project, in cooperation with major funder USAID.

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Radio Akademika passes the big test--it's on the air
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 9/17/2008

Students and faculty advisors worked all weekend to get ready, but it was worth it as Radio Akademika began live broadcasts on Monday, Sept. 15.

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On the road again, this time to Oecusse and Suai
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 9/10/2008

Isolated regional reporters inch a bit closer to the internet, as teams from the Dili office travel to two remote sections of the island to work on two more regional media houses.

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Oscar heads to Baucau to check out new internet possibilities
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 8/17/2008

The focus this week was improving balky internet service at ICFJ projects, while UNTL students edge closer to the day they can sit behind the mic at Radio Akademika, the university's new radio station.

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Timor Post editor to cover US election, thanks to State Department
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 8/11/2008

Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo, editor-in-chief of the Timor Post, will be covering the US presidential election for his newspaper as one of 50 international journalists who will work with US media in the final weeks of the campaign.

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New university course, radio station, environmental training and awards dinner in Dili
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 7/31/2008

The Timor-Leste office has been beyond busy as a whole slew of projects come to fruition at once. We think we're having fun, but we haven't had time to check.

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Investigative reporters head to Suai for story on prostitution
	By ICFJ /East Timor Staff on 4/13/2008

One of the stories often heard around Dili is that many Timorese prostitutes come from the southwestern city of Suai, because the people down there say prostitution is part of their culture. Can it be true? Rosita Sonet and Ofelia Vilanova, two members of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Timor-Leste, took a trip to find out.

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