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The “Alternative Resources in Media” (ARM) program aims at enhancing and improving access to pluralistic and unbiased information in Armenia via traditional and alternative media through the use of new information technologies.
ARM has three main components: production and distribution of alternative content, promotion of media literacy and legal advocacy and monitoring. Combining local expertise and extensive international practice, ARM pursues an integrated approach to build civic demand for alternative content, promotes new patterns of information production and dissemination and enhances public advocacy on media freedom.
The main focus of the program is to support Armenian media outlets to embrace the opportunities and challenges brought by technological advances and to build on traditional tools in bringing independent and quality news to the Armenian population. ARM program also seeks to help the Armenian people to become active creators of content and smart news consumers in the new information age. The program will reach out to journalists, media managers and citizen journalists to produce alternative content and disseminate that content across multiple platforms.
The program is jointly implemented by Internews Network (USA), Internews Media Support NGO, Eurasia Partnership Foundation and Yerevan Press Club. The program is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Through this project Armenian human rights organizations have better knowledge of new media tools. Internews holds a series of trainings for representatives of human rights NGOs. Theoretical and practical sessions build their capacity to develop media strategies for advocacy and to use new media for disseminating information. Trainees learn real media skills including blogging, making and disseminating multi-media materials. “Effective New Media Tools for NGOs” training manual will be published.
Human rights organizations in regions receive grants, technical assistance, on-site consultancy and equipment to implement their campaigns. As a result, activities of Armenian human rights organizations are voiced through new media, making their advocacy campaigns more effective on national and international levels. The project is implemented with funding support received from the US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL).
A joint project of Internews Armenia and Internews Azerbaijan, targeted at students of journalism faculties to facilitate their joint production of documentary films. Through the project, the students obtain professional skills and are provided with an advanced practical environment for highlighting social issues of interest to the young audience of the South Caucasus. The project is implemented with support of United States Institute of Peace.
Public screenings of 21 documentary films produced by young Karabagh Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The authors depict today’s reflection of the Karabakh war through human stories. All films are about the war, though there are no weapons and fighting. The screenings are an attempt to make the films accessible to wide audience throughout Armenia for promoting discussion on the Nagorno Karabagh conflict, peace process and resolution. The funding for screenings is provided by European Union, and one for the film production by UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
А weekly video magazine for teenagers, produced by young journalists of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Project participants produce news clips and in-depth stories on various topics, profiles of interesting people and vox-pop interviews, express their viewpoint on actual and common issues in each of the three countries of the South Caucasus.
The essential part of this project make regional summer and winter camps, where young people learn multimedia production and peacemaking journalism. Working side-by-side, the young participants establish friendship that crosses ethnic lines. The original youth-produced content is broadcast nationally in the three countries and is available at http://kcrossroads.net/. The project is implemented with the assistance of British Embassy Yerevan.
The project expands opportunities for independent reporters and media outlets in Armenia and Turkey to develop and disseminate balanced information on their neighbor’s cultural, political and economic context. For this purpose Internews supports Armenian and Turkish media professionals to carry out extended field reporting within their neighboring country.
Through an exchange tour they will collect alternative views of government representatives, political party leaders, social activists and industry colleagues. This initiative will yield bi-lateral flow of news, social and analytical reports.
Further, Internews trains students of university film and journalism departments to documentary film techniques and provides mentoring for the production of small films featuring a social theme from their neighboring country.
The project is implemented in partnership with Yerevan Press Club, Global Political Trends Center (Turkey), CAM Films (Turkey) and Internews Network with funding support received from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL).
