Community Media/Case Studies/Template

Good practices aim to inspire; they also need to help others to act and realise their own good practices

Good practices on this site are comprised of:
 * 1) A description of the practice itself
 * 2) A description of the problems or issues addressed -- in context, taking into account cultural, situational and organizational factors
 * 3) Analysis of why a given practice is good -- what factors contribute to its success and enable changes
 * 4) Background information on the lead organisation and relevant partners

=Template for documenting good practices=

What is the good practice?
Give a short summary (100 words)

What is the Programming / Content Focus?
10 words

Who is responsible for programming?

 * media staff, e.g. producers, technicians, journalists
 * staff of partners, e.g. teachers, health workers, civil society organisation
 * paid staff (% of the programmes or time)
 * volunteers (% of the programmes or time)

What are / have been the Successful Learning Programmes?
Explain.

Who are the Users? E.g. Stakeholders, Audience, Learners
Explain.

What is the Format?
Explain.

Why was the Learning Programme(s) originally created?
Explain.

What problem / challenge did it address?
Explain.

As a Result of the Successful Learning Programme, What Happened?
Good practices result from success factors or interventions.

Program Improvement / Learning

 * What did you learn from this / what could be improved and why?
 * If performance targets were not achieved, also explain.

= Profile Info =

Basic Information

 * Name of Media Outlet
 * Year Established
 * Location: City, Country
 * Who owns / hold License?
 * Signal Strength:

Community

 * Population #'s served by media outlet:
 * Their interests

Organizational Structure

 * Management
 * hierarchical, democratic or other
 * Decision-making process
 * Board of Directors: comprised of..
 * elected, appointed

Human Resources

 * How many "Members"?
 * How many Paid Staff (#), volunteers (#)
 * high peak period
 * low peak period

Funding

 * How is outlet funded?
 * ads
 * donor
 * events - recurring
 * events - special, as needed (i.e., 1X)
 * special projects (i.e., proposal funding from local, national and international agencies)
 * other
 * % by members, other (specify) %: