{"id":11599,"date":"2014-12-01T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T23:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11599"},"modified":"2014-12-01T19:30:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T23:30:15","slug":"bbc-voa-collaborate-to-fight-ebola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/bbc-voa-collaborate-to-fight-ebola\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC & VOA collaborate to fight Ebola"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ebola<\/a>

Ebola Cases Map (Source: World Health Organization)<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: BBC Media Centre<\/a> via Andy Sennitt)<\/p>\n

The BBC World Service and Voice of America (VOA) have entered into a ground-breaking partnership to pool resources and content about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, so as many people as possible receive factual information about the disease.<\/p>\n

The broadcasters are sharing TV, radio and digital content related to the outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Editors will also share Ebola planning and identify other possible areas for collaboration, such as sharing contacts. The collaboration features content in English, French and Hausa with the scope to translate content into a range of local languages.<\/p>\n

World Service Director Peter Horrocks said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the worst Ebola outbreak the world has seen and so we have taken unprecedented action. Reliable facts and information can literally save lives and as the two leading broadcasters in the region we have joined forces to reach as many people as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

VOA Director David Ensor said: \u201cWe at the VOA and the BBC are united against a common enemy\u2014Ebola. Our collaboration is about public service at a time when so many lives are at stake.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: BBC Media Centre via Andy Sennitt) The BBC World Service and Voice of America (VOA) have entered into a ground-breaking partnership to pool resources and content about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, so as many people as possible receive factual information about the disease. The broadcasters are sharing TV, radio and digital content […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3],"tags":[104,3346,10],"class_list":["post-11599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-ebola","tag-voa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-315","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10891,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/bbc-world-service-launches-ebola-radio-network\/","url_meta":{"origin":11599,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service launches Ebola radio network","author":"Thomas","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC Media Centre) The BBC World Service is launching special Ebola broadcasts for West Africa, starting today (Monday 22 September). 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