Libya’s media revolution one year on: Now what?


Graffiti on the streets of Benghazi, Spring 2011. Photo Torben Brandt/IMS.

14.02.2012
The revolution in Libya might never have happened if not for the media. Al Jazeera and other international media played a key role in convincing the outside world that its help was needed. But the role of "new Libyan media" at a local and national level remains more important than ever

Libya’s newfound freedoms explored


Graffiti in Benghazi reading “17 February”, the first day of protests in Libya. Photo: Michael Irving Jensen/IMS

03.11.2011
After the death of Colonel Gadaffi, Libya's media finds itself without former strict ties, but is met with challenges to make full use of its newfound freedoms. IMS and a number of international organisations visited the country to explore ways of moving forward

Libyan media sector adjusting to post-Gadaffi reality


TV station Libya Al Ahrar broadcast live from NTC vote for new Libyan interim Prime Minister. Photo: Torben Brandt/IMS

 

02.11.2011
The burst of new newspapers, magazines and radio in the city of Benghazi, Libya that followed the liberation from Gadaffi are now struggling to survive as funding dwindles and their creators return to their regular day jobs

Partnership for press freedom in Libya


Libya 2011. Photo: Michael Irving Jensen/IMS

28.10.2011
In a bid to pool their efforts, representatives of 13 international and Arab media support organisations are visiting Libya to explore ways of strengthening independent media

Radio manager in Libya: "Now we can speak"


Mr. Yassid one of the founders of Radio Shabab Libya FM. Photo: Torben Brandt/IMS

21.09.2011
Phone-ins, or radio shows where people can phone in with comments on air is not a new phenomenon in Libya post-Gadaffi. "The difference is that now people can speak their minds," says Mr. Yassid, one of two young founders of Radio Shabab Libya FM 
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