Middle East Media Centre Audio Reports

Monday, 31 May 2004, 11:19 am
Press Release: International Solidarity Movement

IMEMC Audio Reports

Dear Reader

The International Middle East Media Center (www.imemc.org) in Bethlehem has launched a weekly 5 minute newscast in English. This broadcast has 2 weeks available for streaming and in transcript at http://www.imemc.org/audio/ Please take a listen and consider whether you know of radio shows, on broadcast or online, in the English speaking world that could use this show, or if you needed it for your own show.

This news broadcast is the first Palestinian-produced and -edited radio news broadcast in English for a "Western" audience. Free Speech Radio Network (www.fsrn.org) has already used the show in last week's Friday newscast.

The show continues to improve its production quality. In the next few weeks IMEMC.org will create photo and text content to specifically supplement the stories and headlines read in the news broadcast each week.

The full texts are also available. If you need an MP3 file please contact imemc@rapprochement.org

George Rishmawi - IMEMC

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