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CELEBRATING RADIO | WORLD RADIO DAY 2016 | 33
BROADCASTERS | THE BUSINESS OF RADIO
RNW MEDIA
FORMERLY RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE
KEY CONTACT INFORMATION
ROBERT ZAAL
General Director
JACQUELINE LAMPE
Programme Director
KOOSJE DOCTER
Press Officer
+31 (0)6 247 14 511
RNW MEDIA
Witte Kruislaan 55a
1217 AM Hilversum
The Netherlands
T +31 (0) 35 672 42 11 (switchboard)
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KEY PROGRAMMES
Ma3akom is the only dedicated independent satellite
channel broadcasting to Syria and millions of Syrian
refugees in surrounding countries.
Huna Libya is a weekly interactive radio show catering for
a young audience looking for peace and change in Libya.
Rencontres & Profilsis an evocative interactive radio
programme made in Africa by young Africans.
What’s Up Africauses quirky satire on YouTube to crack
open debate on Africa’s hottest and touchiest topics.
Our international justice websites provide impartial forums
for young Africans to have their say on prosecutions at the
International Criminal Court in The Hague.
In China, Helan Onlinestimulates discussion on free
speech, often attracting more than 10 million visitors per
social media post.
Our multimedia platform El Toquesupports Cuban
bloggers demanding to have a voice.
Across three continents, Love Matterstakes on the
toughest of taboos in the places where knowledge about
sexual health and rights is most needed, from India to the
Arab World.
PROFILE
RNW Media: a media organisation
for social change.
In parts of the world where
change is hard to achieve because
freedom of speech is restricted, we
use media to make lives better. We
work with people aged 15 to 30. If
you want to change society, young
people are the ones who make a
difference. But to shape a better
future, they need information. So
we help them get access to
independent journalism and media.
RNW Media grew out of the
former Radio Netherlands Worldwide
and now works primarily online,
drawing on the local expertise of
partners to co-create content and
connect communities.
Our work is based on core
themes of democracy, good
governance, sexual health and
rights, and international justice.
RNW Media helps people have the
conversations they care about, and
get the information they need to
make the choices and decisions that
can change their lives.
SERVICES
RNW Media is devoted to using
media in innovative ways, leaving
behind old models of broadcasting
and news production. We help
young media producers to connect
with their audiences, in specific
communities, using persuasive
storytelling.
Our internationally-renowned
training centre RNTC believes in
creativity and fresh approaches to
content. It is a learning hub for
high-calibre media worldwide.
We’re excited by the way social
media and the world online brings
people together. Helan Online, Love
Matters, What’s Up Africa and Justice
Hub are popular online RNW
Media brands.
Our offline activities include
interactive debates, presentations,
exhibitions, surveys, voting tools,
song contests and other
competitions.
RNW Media co-owns dB media
group which offers broadcast
facilities.
Year of launch 1947
Funding source Institutional
funding, supplemented by
income-generating activities
and services
Languages Chinese, Hindi,
Arabic, English, Spanish,
French
Target areas Arab world, sub-
Saharan Africa, China, Latin
America (mainly Cuba)
Target countries Burundi,
China, Cuba, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Egypt, India, Ivory
Coast, Kenya, Libya, Morocco,
Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,
South Sudan, Syria, Uganda,
Yemen, Zimbabwe
Web traffic 28m website
sessions, 200m views on all
online RNW Media platforms.
These 2015 figures are many
times higher when partner
platforms are included.