The Media Manual on HIV/AIDS 2005

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The Media Manual on HIV/AIDS 2005

The EU-India Media Initiative on HIV/AIDS aims to promote good media

practices and favourably impact coverage of the many issues that

surround HIV/AIDS.

Too often, reporters shy away from covering HIV/AIDS in depth

because they aren't adequately prepared. Admittedly, the subject can

be intimidating—it seems to consist of abstruse technicalities

enveloped in an environment of fear, prejudice, denial, cultural

issues, and even political considerations. And, of course,

sensitivities are high.

This Media Manual intends to demystify the subject, set out a

roadmap for the uninitiated reporter, and provide fresh inputs to

those already covering HIV/AIDS. The chapters address basics, the

epidemic, updates on recent happenings, and several tools for reporters— ethical

considerations, appropriate language, analytical frameworks, and story topic

ideas.

The Initiative is being undertaken by The Thomson Foundation with

the financial assistance of the European Union. The Foundation's

partners in the project are: The Indian Network of People Living

with HIV/AIDS, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the Jean

Monnet European Centre for Excellence, which is part of the

University of Tampere in Finland.

Journalists work under a variety of pressures—deadlines and

competition among them—and this Manual aims to make their task a little bit

easier. If reporting on HIV/AIDS in India can be scaled up a notch and the

millions of PLWHA in the country accorded more dignity as a result of this

Manual, we will consider our task rewarded.

The chapters of the manual can be downloaded as PDF files:

1. Tackling the Basics (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch1a.pdf)

2. A Spiralling Epidemic (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch2a.pdf)

3. Recent News Stories on HIV/AIDS

(http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch3a.pdf)

4. The Governance Factor (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch4a.pdf)

5. Mapping the Media (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch5a.pdf)

6. The Ethics of Reporting on HIV/AIDS

(http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch6a.pdf)

7. The Language of HIV/AIDS

(http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch7a.pdf)

8. Telling the Story (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch8a.pdf)

9. Contacts (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch9.a.pdf)

This Media Manual has been prepared by Mimmy Jain & Savyasaachi Jain

for The Thomson Foundation under The EU-India Media Initiative on

HIV/AIDS.

Project Director: Gareth Price

Project Head: Ian Masters

Editor:

Project Editor, India: Savyasaachi Jain

Contact Details

Savyasaachi Jain

Editor, India

The EU-India Documentary Initiative

saachi@...

http://www.aidsandmedia.org/