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A typical training in Maldives ends with a certificate ceremony, but I hope this group will leave our five day election news training with more than a piece of paper. They’ve learned to look at election reporting through a new …

The past two years have been a proving ground for young Maldivian journalists, especially when covering the violent street protests over the February 2012 change in government. When a reporter from Raaje TV showed one of his live shots in …

The training session on Ethics and Safety of Journalists literally started off with a bang. In 2012 military and police forces stormed the studios of the state broadcaster TV Maldives and the journalists inside the building captured the assault on …

Bringing change to an emerging democracy is hard work and the first day of the training program on The Role of the Media in Election News Coverage had its highs and lows.The kickoff ceremony included messages from the Maldives Broadcasting …

Democracy Out Loud was the title of my public talk in Maldives and it turned out to be a pretty good description of the event as well. I was pleased by the diversity of the turnout, including representatives of media …

Just as the US has its red and blue states, Maldives has its own set of political colors. Blue is for the longtime ruling party (DRP), yellow for the MDP party that came to power in 2008, and pink for …