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Using Radio to Help Communities Talk

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Subtitle
A Manual for Community Dialogue
This manual is about how to use radio for encouraging community dialogue and exploring various stages of creating programming. It was published by Straight Talk Foundation (STF), a non-governmental organisation in Uganda specialising in health and development communication through radio, print, and community out-reach training, based on the importance of radio in Uganda as a tool for propelling communities into action.

 

 

According to the publishers, the language is designed to be easy to understand, with technical words explained. Photographs appear on top of every page to give a mental picture of the community for which the manual is designed.

 

 

This manual consists of six parts:

 

Part 1
Why communities need to talk.

 


Part 2
How can radio promote talk?

 


Part 3
Conceptualising the show you want to make.

 

Part 4
Going to the field.
Selecting interviews.

 


Part 5
Creating a radio show that will help communities talk.

 


Part 6
Working with radio stations.

 

 

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Straight Talk Foundation website on November 29 2007.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 13:51 Permalink

A well produced manual which contains some broadly-applicable suggestions and lessons learned; it was forwarded to colleagues working in northern Quebec Canada with the Cree Nation.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 03:51 Permalink

they is no another way to get our "black" people talking if is not by radio am happy for the work you doing.keep going

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 00:45 Permalink

Looks like a very useful manual, i will read it with interest.
Mike Ormsby
Writer & Media Consultant