Rieneke Van Santen, Executive Director of Zamaneh Media; 10 year Anniversary Speech
Channel: Zamaneh Media
Date: 2016-11-03

Speech at Iran,the Road Ahead, 21 October 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands: 10 years of independent participatory media for Iran

On 21 Oct 2016, Zamaneh Media commemorated ten years of reporting, publishing, documentary film making and civil society capacity building in a daylong conference and festival titled “Iran: the Road Ahead”.
Radio Zamaneh a media organization that was founded in 2006, has evolved its unique media model and believes “in a strong community and high participatory level of news gathering and sharing,” says Rieneke Van Santen, the Executive Director.
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Ms. Rieneke Van Santen has a background in International Development and International Communications Management. She has been active at Radio Zamaneh in numerous positions since 2010 and as executive director since 2015. In addition to leading the organization, she is a university lecturer in Managing Cross-cultural Communication. Prior to this, she was active as a consultant and trainer for governmental organizations of developing countries in Sub-Sahara Africa and the Caribbean and she conducted research into citizen media for peace.