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Proceedings of the News about Networks workshop

The Govcom.org Foundation organized a workshop for U.S. and international media reform advocates, academics and activists at de Balie Center for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam, on 10-14 November 2003, with generous support from the Ford Foundation, New York. The Workshop Proceedings are now available.

"The News about Networks" workshop was dedicated to understanding whether NGOs may operate effectively without a commercial press penetration strategy. Do the rise of NGO Internet-based networks, in particular, imply an end to the reliance on the press to resonate the message? Can networks alone mobilize other organizations and key players to act on important social issues of the day? In short, can NGOs do without news?

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