Migrants And The Media

Migrants and Media 2

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:21:41 +0000

The EPIM Migrants & Media Project partners* cordially invite you to their final conference and launch of their online media toolkit:

MIGRANTS, THE MEDIA AND THE MESSAGE II CONFERENCE

Thursday, 6th October 2011

11am – 4.45pm

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund Offices.

The County Hall. Westminster Bridge Road London. SE1 7PB

The conference will be of interest to those working with migrants and wishing to engage with the media and to give migrants a voice. It will showcase the media work carried out by project partners and will celebrate the launch of the online media toolkit. There will also be workshops on creative ways of changing perceptions of migrants. A more detailed programme will be provided shortly.

The conference is FREE and refreshments and lunch will be provided to all registered participants but PLACES ARE LIMITED and will be on a strictly first come, first served basis. To register, please complete the attached registration form and return to empowerment@migrants.org.uk as soon as possible.

*EPIM Migrants & Media Project partners are: Migrants Rights Network (UK), Menedek (Hungary), CEPAIM (Spain), CRWI/DES Me (Greece), FOMACS (Ireland), Migrants Resource Centre (UK).

The New Londoners 2010

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:52:47 +0000

The production by the Refugee Media Action Group members of ‘The New Londoners,’ the first migrant and refugee free newspaper in London, marked a milestone in the development of the project.

Launched during Refugee Week 2007 and described by many organisations as a pioneering work and an outstanding achievement, ‘The New Londoners’ brought down some of the barriers between migrants and refugees and the host community.

We started out speaking to the British media as a medium to reaching out to the general public; by producing our own paper we became the media, the journalists and the story.

The first issue of the paper won the highly commended prize of the Mayor of London Press awards, in two categories: Best coverage in faith, black, Asian or minority ethnic press and Best visual/creative material.
Building on the success of the first issue of ‘The New Londoners’; a second and third issue was produced by members of the Media Group, together with a number of British journalists and volunteers.

MIGRANTS THE MEDIA AND The MESSAGE EUROPEAN 2-DAY CONFERENCE

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:16:15 +0000

The ‘Migrants and the Media Project’ (MMP), led by Migrants Resource Centre and the ‘Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging’ (CMRB) at the ‘University of East London’ (UEL) organized a conference in March for groups involved in media and cultural activities which promoted a positive engagement with the issue of migration.

Migrants using media to turn around the immigration debate

UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON, 29-30 MARCH

Emra Beganaj, Kosovo

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:45:43 +0000

A Self-portrait film project, made by refugees and migrants living in Hungary.

www.menedek.hu/onarckep

‘Having your Voice Heard’

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:29:58 +0000

Coordinated by Roísín Boyd, a radio journalist working with FOMACS’ partner, the Irish Refugee Council, Having your Voice Heard, is a 12-week radio mentoring programme, part-funded by the ‘Migrants and the Media’ EPIM supported project. Other lecturers/practitioners involved in the programme include radio producer, Pat Hannon, and journalist, Colin Murphy, in addition to a range of visiting practitioners.

Source:
http://www.fomacs.org/project_detail.php?id=79#

Torn

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:15:02 +0000

Another part of the media work includes producing documentary films. We have brought out three documentary films so far, with one more on its way.

One of these, ‘Torn’ was extremely well received, winning three prestigious awards: the top prize at the Clarion Awards in the category ‘Video (CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility),’ as well as two prestigious IVCA Awards, Silver for best Documentary and Bronze for the Charity And Public Welfare category (The International Visual Communication Association (IVCA) is the world’s only Communication Awards promoting: Social Inclusion, CSR, Sustainable Development and Ethical Debate).

‘Torn’ is a short film produced for MRC by Hotdog and mustard films.’Torn’tells of the experiences of three of our media group members of fleeing persecution, seeking asylum in the UK and of their hopes for the future.

Perspective Document

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:31:50 +0000

Each of the five partners participating in the Migrants and the Media Project was invited to submit a Project Perspective Document detailing patterns of migration to their countries as well as the extent of visibility, attitude towards, and inclusion of migrants in the media.

“Substantial inward movements occurred during the early period of its emergence as an urban society, with Huguenot refugees from France and the Low Countries arriving in the 17th Century, followed by Germans and Irish, and after 1880, Jewish migrants and refugees from the Czarist lands. It was also a major country of out-migration throughout this period, with British migrants leaving in large numbers to settle in colonies established in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

In more modern times migration has moved through the phase of Commonwealth citizens arriving in the decades after the second world war to work in the industries and services being reconstructed; the movements family reunification which began after the stops placed on Commonwealth migration in 1962, which was supplemented by the arrival of British citizens of South Asian origin who had been displaced by de-colonisation in East Africa; refugee arrivals after 1989; a new period of economic migration starting in the late 1990s; and large-scale migration from the EU accession countries from 2004 onwards.” [MRC/MRN, UK]

Click on the following link to download the whole document:
http://www.migrantsandmedia.eu/wp-content/uploads/documents/Overview of Project Partners documents.doc

La Ruta Prometida

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:14:17 +0000

This exhibition created by CEPAIM was shown in 6 cities and raised awareness in young people about the causes of the African immigration to Spain.

http://tinyurl.com/cepaim

Project Perspective Report

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:54:41 +0000

The following discussion outlines the work of the Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS), located in the School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland. It offers a brief overview of the role that the media has played in shaping public discourse on migration, in both a local and national Irish context.

FOMACS is a collaborative project made up of seven partners and extended networks: key partners comprise immigration and protection/asylum NGO organisations, a multicultural print and media outlet, in addition to a research and media production centre.

This cross-sector collaboration serves as a learning laboratory to reflect on communication strategies in relation to migration and to produce film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and engaging diverse audiences.
Our central objective is to amplify voices and personal stories previously sensationalised or marginalised in dominant media representations of immigration. FOMACS is housed on the campus of the Dublin Institute of Technology and is led by the Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice, School of Media. NGO partners include: The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI), the Migrant Rights Centre, Ireland (MRCI), the Refugee information Service (RIS), the Irish Refugee Council (IRC) and Integrating Ireland. The seventh partner is the multicultural print and media outlet, Metro Éireann.

Click on the following link to download the whole document:
http://www.migrantsandmedia.eu/wp-content/uploads/documents/EPIM Migrants and the Media- FOMACS.doc

Diotima: Project Perspective Report

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:52:36 +0000

This report has been held out by the Centre for Research on Women’s Issues and the Migrant Women Support Network (DESME) in the context of the European programme for integration and migration (EPIM). Its main objective is to look at the ways in which migrant organisations present their case about migrant interests to the media in five EU countries.

The project will relate to the widespread interest that migrant community organisations in many EU countries have had in presenting their case for equal treatment to the press and broadcasting media. Whilst much of this work has been concerned with providing responses to negative reportage on matters concerning migrants, the project will attempt to go beyond this to examine the possibilities that might exist to pro-actively present positive messages and to look for opportunities to improve the overall tone of the public conversation.

The report discusses Greek media and its relation with the immigrants and how they react towards them, also represents a historical overview about immigrants in Greece and their problems in order to understand the whole picture and to figure out the best ways that can be used to fulfil the objective of the project.

Click on the following link to download the whole document:
http://www.migrantsandmedia.eu/wp-content/uploads/documents/FINAL GREEK REport MIGRANTS -MEDIA FEBRUARY 2009.doc