The Media Manual on HIV/AIDS 2005

The EU-India Media Initiative on HIV/AIDS aims to promote good media
practices and favourably impact coverage of the many issues that
surround HIV/AIDS.

Too often, reporters shy away from covering HIV/AIDS in depth
because they aren't adequately prepared. Admittedly, the subject can
be intimidating—it seems to consist of abstruse technicalities
enveloped in an environment of fear, prejudice, denial, cultural
issues, and even political considerations. And, of course,
sensitivities are high.

This Media Manual intends to demystify the subject, set out a
roadmap for the uninitiated reporter, and provide fresh inputs to
those already covering HIV/AIDS. The chapters address basics, the
epidemic, updates on recent happenings, and several tools for
reporters—ethical considerations, appropriate language, analytical
frameworks, and story topic ideas.

The Initiative is being undertaken by The Thomson Foundation with
the financial assistance of the European Union. The Foundation's
partners in the project are: The Indian Network of People Living
with HIV/AIDS, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the Jean
Monnet European Centre for Excellence, which is part of the
University of Tampere in Finland.

Journalists work under a variety of pressures—deadlines and
competition among them—and this Manual aims to make their task a
little bit easier. If reporting on HIV/AIDS in India can be scaled
up a notch and the millions of PLWHA in the country accorded more
dignity as a result of this Manual, we will consider our task
rewarded. The chapters of the manual can be downloaded as PDF files:

1. Tackling the Basics (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch1a.pdf)
2. A Spiralling Epidemic (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch2a.pdf)
3. Recent News Stories on HIV/AIDS
(http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch3a.pdf)
4. The Governance Factor (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch4a.pdf)
5. Mapping the Media (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch5a.pdf)
6. The Ethics of Reporting on HIV/AIDS
(http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch6a.pdf)
7. The Language of HIV/AIDS (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch7a.pdf)
8. Telling the Story (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch8a.pdf)
9. Contacts (http://www.aidsandmedia.org/ch9.a.pdf)

This Media Manual has been prepared by Mimmy Jain & Savyasaachi Jain
for The Thomson Foundation under The EU-India Media Initiative on
HIV/AIDS.

Project Director: Gareth Price
Project Head: Ian Masters
Editor: John Ryan
Project Editor, India: Savyasaachi Jain

Contact Details
Savyasaachi Jain
Editor, India
The EU-India Documentary Initiative
saachi@...
http://www.aidsandmedia.org/