Reflecting on Our Journey and Saying Goodbye
Hello Everyone, We’ve reached the end of our blogging journey! As we take the final bow, we decided to look back and share our experiences …
Tag: Communicating Development
‘Refugees are humans too’: Digital journalism and the refugee crisis
In an age of rapid information exchange, digital journalism has become both a powerful force for truth but also a space where disinformation thrives. Humanitarian …
It’s a strange moment to be alive (said all humans through time).
By Gina Geoghegan (Photo by Henrik Dønnestad on Unsplash) In a recent Atmos newsletter, editor-in-chief Willow Defebaugh (2024) stated: “We are all tasked with living …
Rethinking INGO roles at the 2024 Humanitarian Congress
By Liam Corcoran At the two day Humanitarian Congress in Berlin last month, a wide range of crucial topics were up for discussion, from increasing …
Interview techniques in practice: Activist perspectives on NGO-led campaigning
Interview topic With an Irish general election scheduled for later this month, I decided to focus on social issues in the country’s public discourse and …
Interviewing Techniques- A Reflective Practice
Interviewing Techniques- A Reflective Practice Background / Pre-Interview As part of our course MSN Media Strategies and Methodologies-HT24, I wanted to deepen further my understanding …
A Rural Dilemma
By Jessica Saler I have spent a lot of time over the last few months thinking about the final semester of school, my degree …
End Of The World Thinking
End Of The World Thinking. by Gina Geoghegan Today, the statistics favour Donald Trump as the next president of the USA. Gaza is being erased, …
Engaging with Ethics in Development Research
By Anubhuti Vashist Ethics for Strong Qualitative Research Ethics form an essential component of research. Describing ethicality as one of the “Big-Tent” criteria for excellent …
The international development community must critically consider its post-war role in Gaza
Liam Cor coran As I open my contributions to this blog, we have passed the one year anniversary of the war in Gaza. Tens of …
Curating Information as an Aspiring Communication for Development (ComDev) Practitioner
By Anubhuti Vashist One must relentlessly pursue new knowledge and trends in the development sector. There is just so much to learn! In a …
How can DevCom students develop “the necessary criticality” in order to become ‘good’ practitioners in the field?
By Gina Geoghegan Finding any recent academic literature today that does not fundamentally challenge traditional approaches to Communication for Development seems almost impossible. Within …
Welcome: Trouble in (Development) Paradise and What to Do About It?
As we approach the fourth decade of the 21st century, the very act of communicating development has become somewhat of a paradox. In a world …