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4 Global brief
12 From war to award
The story of Radio Canal Revelation - a station that’s succeeded against all odds
16 Aljazeera - powering ahead with world forum and ethics code
Simon Spanswick reports from Doha on Aljazeera’s latest initiatives
19 News Xchange 2004
Sandra Cole tells us what to expect at this year’s meeting of the broadcast news industry
Managing your newsroom
The European Journalism Centre’s Per Andersson explains his approach
21 The AIB - more than just a publisher
Publishing is ‘just’ a sideline for the major industry association
23 AIB at IBC 2004
25 Too many dead - conflict reporting must be made safer
Rodney Pinder on the work of the International News Safety Institute
26 Is the news making us sick?
Joanne Sawicki explains that it may be, and offers suggestions on how to cope
28 From Berlin into homes in Afghanistan and the Arab world
Rodrigo Villarzú on Deutsche Welle TV’s bridge-building with Europe’s Islamic neighbours
30 AIBD - 30 years of broadcast training and consultancy
Wilfried Solbach on the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
32 A force to be reckoned with
Britain’s least known global broadcaster - by Joanne O’Hara
34 How live is your news?
Toby Hartwell says the demand for live news has never been greater
36 The news channel for all Europeans
Philippe Cayla on the mission behind EuroNews
39 Creating a stir in Moscow
WRN has its eyes on Russia, says Tim Ayris
40 Have mobile - have news
41 A breakthrough in paperless news production
Richard K Dukes explains what Autocue did for CNNi
43 How small can we make it?
James Wilcox on the new breed of SNG terminal
44 Pioneering satellite TV channels energise Arab media market
Analysis from InterMedia Survey Institute
45 Review: Voices ahead
46 China broadens its TV markets after joining WTO
Manfred Kops on the optimal degree and pace of conversion
49 ANI - taking Asia to the world
Prem Prakash on the first stop for information on South Asia
50 Off Air
A new series looking at how to spend time when you’re not on the air
From war to award : 12
Aljazeera World Forum : 16
Is the news making us ill : 26
Creating a stir in Moscow : 39