MediaChannel, International Advisors

MediaChannel

AFRICA

• Fackson Banda, Regional Director, Panos Institute of Southern Africa - Zambia
• Guy Berger, Professor and Head of Department, Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University - South Africa
• Kondwani Chirambo, Director, Democracy and Governance Programme, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC); Chairman, Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), Zambia section; Member of the Governing Council of the CPU - Zambia
• Tracy Cohen, Policy Analyst, LINK Center, Graduate School for Public and Development Management - South Africa
• Shuller Habeenzu, Managing Director, Zamnet - Zambia
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Chief Correspondent for National Public Radio - South Africa
• Ted Iwere, Publisher, Business Nigeria - Nigeria
• Pallo Jordan, Former Minister of Information - South Africa
• Tawana Kupe, Media Scholar, Rhodes University - South Africa
• Gwen Lister, Editor of The Namibian - Namibia
• Sundie Sinkala, African Regional Co-ordinator, OneWorld Online; Information and Research Officer, Zambia Independent Media Association - Zambia
• Keyan Tomaselli, Director, Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, University of Natal - South Africa

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

• Binod Agrawal, Director, TALEEM Research Foundation - India
• Zafaryab Ahmed, Journalist, first human rights fellow of the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College - Pakistan
• Nitya Jacob, Indian Regional Co-ordinator, OneWorld Online - India
• Sevanti Ninan, Media Columnist - India

MIDDLE EAST

• Nissim Calderon, Political analyst, literary critic, Tel-Aviv University - Israel
• Thomas Goltz, Journalist, Author, Lecturer - Turkey
• Khaldoon Tabaza, President of Online Services, Arabia.On.Line; Faculty Member, World Paper International - Jordan

ASIA

• Zhuge Hungyun, Director, SkyArc Productions; Television Producer - China
• Vijay Menon, Secretary-General, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) - Singapore
• Mitsuko Shimomura, Journalist - Japan
• Masaki Tajika, Senior Editor, Sapio Magazine - Japan
• Zhou Xiao-Pu, Director, Broadcasting Section, Journalism Department, Renmin University - China
• Satoshi Yoshida, Chief Editor, Economic News Section, Kyodo News - Japan

LATIN AMERICA

• Carlos Castilho, Editor, Revista Empreendedor - Brazil

EUROPE

• Patrice Barrat, President, Article Z, Television Press Agency - France
• Mariano Benni, a member of the board of directors, Manager of journalistic personnel and external relations, Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA) - Italy
• Anna Cataldi, Journalist, UN Messenger of Peace - Italy
• Stephen Coleman, Director of the Hansard Society, London School of Economics - England
• Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, Founder, Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud - France
• Thomas Dillen, Documentary Filmmaker & TV Journalist - Sweden
• Ms. Divina Frau-Meigs, Professor of Media - France
• Serge Halimi, Media Editor, Le Monde Diplomatique - France
• Miklos Haraszti, Social Scientist and Media Critic - Hungary
• Max Kaase, Political Scientist, 1st VP of International Political Science Association (IPSA) - Germany
• Ann-Britt Kaca, Senior Producer, YLE, Finish Broadcasting - Finland
• Pat Kane, Associate Editor, Sunday Herald - Scotland
• Remy Le Champion, Associate Producer, University of Paris; TV and Webcast Producer - France
• Jake Lynch, Consultant/Conflict & Peace Forums, Sky News correspondent - England
• Veran Matic, B92 Radio Belgrade, Annam Independent Media Association - Serbia
• Ziba Norman, Prospect Magazine - England
• Umit Ozturk, Vice-Chair, Amnesty International Journalists' Network - England
• Gregory Palast, Business Columnist, The Observer - England
• Greg Philo, Professor of Media Studies, Glasgow University - Scotland
• John Pilger, Journalist - England
• Helge Ronning, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo; Former member of the Norwegian Public Service Broadcasting Council; Former member of the Government Commission on Freedom of Expression - Norway
• Arne Ruth, Journalist/Editor - Sweden
• Naomi Sakr, Research Director, Centre for Media Freedom, Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA) - England
• Jan Servaes, Dean, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Chair, Department of Communication, Katholieke Universiteit Brussel; Director, Research Centre, "Communication for Social Change" (CSC) - Belgium
• Daniel Singer, European Correspondent, The Nation - France
• Sava Tatic, Managing Director, Center for Advanced Media, Prague; Publication Director, Transitions - Czech Republic
• Barbara Thomass, School of Media and Politics, University of Hamburg - Germany
• Carole Tongue, former member of the European Parliament - England
• Stefaan Verhulst, Director, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Wolfson College; Editorial Board, International Journal of Communications Law and Policy; Chair in Communication, UNESCO - England
• Granville Williams, Division of Media, University of Huddersfield; Editor, Free Press - England

NORTH AMERICA

• Jack Balkin, Director, Yale Information Society Project - USA
• Roy Eugene Boggs, Jr., Professor of Law, University of West Los Angeles; Member, Board of Directors, Screen Actors' Guild - USA
• Nolan Bowie, JFK School of Government, Harvard University - USA
• Farai Chideya, Author, Journalist - USA
• Linda Fuller, Professor, Worcester State College Communications Department; Media scholar and writer - USA
• Irene Gendzier, Professor, Boston University - USA
• George Gerbner, President, Cultural Environment Movement; Bell-Atlantic Professor of Communications at Temple University; Dean Emeritus of the Annenberg School, University of PA - USA
• Todd Gitlin, Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University - USA
• Danny Glover, American Actor, Human Rights Activist, Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) - USA
• Christopher Harper, Professor, Park Distinguished Chair, Department of Television-Radio, Ithaca College - USA
• Victor Harwood, President, Digital Hollywood - USA
• Hazel Henderson, Author, Futurist - USA
• Patricia Ireland, President, National Organization for Women - USA
• Roland Joffe, Film Director - USA
• Timothy Karr, Editor-at-Large for The World Paper - USA Alan Kay, President, Americans Talk Issues Foundation for Social Innovation - USA
• Joan Konner, Former Dean, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism - USA
• Stephen Marshall, Creative Director, Guerrilla News Network - USA
• Robert McChesney, Associate Professor, Institute of Communication Research, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - USA
• Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Media Ecology, New York University; Director, Project on Media Ownership - USA
• Al Perlmutter, Veteran Award Winning Producer - USA
• Monroe Price, Professor, Cardoza Law School, Cornell University; Co-director, Programme of Comparative Media Law and Policy, Oxford - USA
• Robbie Romero, Native American Artist and Activist, Eagle Thunder Enterprise - USA
• Jay Rosen, Professor of Journalism, New York University School of Journalism - USA
• Dr. Nancy Snow, Center for Communications and Community, UCLA - USA
• Jerold Starr, Executive Director, Citizens for an Independent Public Broadcasting - USA
• Barry Steinhardt, Associate Director, American Civil Liberties Union; Co-director, Global Internet Liberty Campaign - USA
• Roger Trilling, Magazine editor and TV producer - USA
• Shalini Venturelli, Professor, International Communication, School of International Service, American University - USA
• Karen Lee Wald, Journalist - Cuba and USA
• John Wallach, Director, Seeds of Peace - USA
• Jon Wiener, Professor of History, University of California at Irvine - USA
• Ian Williams, UN Correspondent, The Nation; UN Bureau Chief, foreigntv.com - USA
• Ellen Willis, Professor of Journalism, New York University School of Journalism - USA

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