Yaaayyy!! Today was the last day of our first journalism workshop series. For the past five days we’ve taught media skills to the young staff of DhiTV, a local cable channel. The attendance varied from seven eager students on the second day to a mere two on the last hour of our last day (thanks Ina and Shifa for staying [...]

As you read this blog, you may be asking yourself, “So, what’s so special about the Maldives?” Well, come here and see it for yourself! But in case you can’t, you should read Mirva’s long-form article about the Maldives and how the little nation is dealing with climate change. The article was first written as the final thesis/capstone project for [...]

The other day we followed DhiTV’s star reporter, 23-year-old Bishara Hassan, on her video shoot to a local school’s science fair to see how she goes about her job. The kids, just 8 to 9 years of age, were super smart and had come up with creative ways to save the Maldives from climate change and other threats.
We really enjoyed [...]

Bet you didn’t know these quirky things about the capital of the Maldives!

Our first workshop at DhiTV with young, motivated and knowledge-hungry Maldivian journalists.

Greetings from Malé, the capital of the Maldives!! And sorry for being out of the loop. Ever since we arrived her, time has just been FLYING by. Can’t believe we’ve been here for almost a week already!