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Franko Olong, Uganda: Lessons from the RNTC training

Franko Olong is from Kampala, Uganda. He was part of the RNTC January 2023 students cohort and attended our Media Campaigns for Social Change and Advocacy course. After he left Haarlem, he wrote back to us and shared the lessons he learned throughout his RNTC journey.

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Armen Sargsyan, RNTC alumnus: "Journalism is a lifestyle"

We love to keep in touch with our alumni, so we were very excited to welcome back Armen Sargsyan, RNTC alumnus from 2005, at our new office in Haarlem. Armen is from Armenia where he keeps on building digital spaces for young people. He is a teacher and a lifelong learner who shared with us a couple of his thoughts on media development, media literacy, and the importance of constant learning.

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Daniel Obloni Kweitsu - from RNTC to winning the 2022 GLF Africa Storytelling Contest

Daniel Obloni Kweitsu, a 2019 RNTC alumnus, won the 2022 Global Landscape Forum Africa Storytelling Contest with his short video Little Drops of Climate Action. This is his story.

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Digital communities for social change

RNW Media and RNTC partnered with the Swedish Postcode Foundation to strengthen the capacity of young change makers to build inclusive digital communities for social change aimed at young people in the Middle East, Africa and China.

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RNTC Impact Study 2000-2015

RNTC conducted research among participants focusing on trainings held between 2000 and 2015 to explore the long-term impacts of these trainings on participants careers by 2020.

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Responding to Radicalisation

How can you address an issue if you don’t understand what’s really going on? That’s the question at the heart of research carried out by RNTC colleague Hannah Richter.

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Promoting tolerance and social inclusion

RNW Media and RNTC partnered with TechSoup Europe in Radicalisation Awareness Game Engagement (RAGE) also called 'Game Changer'.
The Game Changer project is a response to radicalisation among young people in their communities.

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Empowering young Kurdish women and men

RNTC and SPARK partner on Networks of Change: Combating youth radicalisation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq through positive community-based and digital approaches - a 3 year programme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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How campaigning can shift social norms

RNW Media and RNTC partnered with CARE NL to train their country teams in Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan on campaigning, which led to early signs of changing attitudes and behaviours at the household and community levels.

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#PressFreedom: Twenty winners share their story

Journalists from all over the world responded to our call for the World Press Freedom Conference 2020 to share what they believe press freedom means.

World Press Freedom Conference Pressure is On RNW Media

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Journalism without fear or favour

RNW Media and RNTC are proud to be taking part in 2020 World Press Freedom Conference which aims to promote free, safe, and independent media around the world.

Impact Reports

15-07-2021

RNW Media Annual Report

2020 was a year of many unexpected challenges for the global community. We adapted to a new way of working, changed our activities to respond directly to the COVID-19 crisis and tapped into our digital media expertise and creative staff to do it. Our Annual Report 2020 provides some of the highlights.

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15-07-2021

RNTC Impact Study 2000-2015

We conducted research into the long-term impact of RNTC training. A survey was shared among alumni focusing on trainings held between 2000-2015 to explore the long-term impacts of these RNTC trainings on participants careers by 2020. This summary showcases highlights of the research.

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Working better together

We have supported many partners in media training and capacity strengthening for social change. Organisations work with us in various ways, from strategic multi-year partnerships to supporting an one-off emergency appeal. We are always happy to discuss ways we can work together, locally or internationally.

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We also offer scholarships

Through our partnership with Nuffic Global Development,
we are able to offer scholarships to media-makers in
restrictive settings who use media for social change
and create social impact.

Read more about our scholarship programmes

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Impact stories

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Franko Olong, Uganda: Lessons from the RNTC training

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Armen Sargsyan, RNTC alumnus: "Journalism is a lifestyle"

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Daniel Obloni Kweitsu - from RNTC to winning the 2022 GLF Africa Storytelling Contest

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Digital communities for social change

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RNTC Impact Study 2000-2015

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Responding to Radicalisation

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Promoting tolerance and social inclusion

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Empowering young Kurdish women and men

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How campaigning can shift social norms

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#PressFreedom: Twenty winners share their story

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Journalism without fear or favour

Impact Reports

Working better together

We also offer scholarships

We are part of the RNW Media network