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On the road again, this time to Oecusse and Suai
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Location: Blogs Staff Blog for the Timor-Leste Media Program |
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| Posted by: Jody McPhillips |
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.
The success of the Baucau media house has inspired the Dili staff to go into high gear with plans to open three more in regions where decent internet service is a distant dream.
Deputy country director Emanuel Braz spearheaded the trips to Suai, an isolated district in the southwest that borders West Timor, and Oecusse, an enclave on the north coast that is entirely inside West Timor.
Poverty, bad roads and erratic electricity make just living in these areas a challenge--organizing internet installations is not for the faint-hearted. Braz and his team are exploring a new satellite service from Australia that will provide signal not just to ICFJ but to other users in the area.
In Dili, ICFJ met with Dr. Christopher Samson of the anti-corruption NGO LABEH to discuss ways the two organizations can cooperate to support investigative reporting in Timor-Leste.
And at the National University of Timor-Leste, seven journalism students elected to focus on print reporting, forming the nucleus of the UNTL's upcoming student newspaper. |
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