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The autumn 2017 issue of Index on Censorship magazine explores the enduring power of radio, the most accessible form of media that continues to contribute to freedoms throughout the world. Wana Udobang and Xinran discuss their experiences as radio hosts in Nigeria and China respectively, where the medium allowed people to open up in ways they wouldn't otherwise. Ismail Einashe interviews the radio journalists in Somalia who report independently, while Mark Frary shows how the ascent of the podcast has been instrumental in countries including North Korea.

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Amie Ferris-Rotman

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Amie Ferris-Rotman is an award-winning journalist, based in Moscow, who currently writes for Foreign Policy. She previously reported for The Wall Street Journal and Reuters from across Russia and the former Soviet Union

Xinran

Writer and radio presenter

Xinran is a popular radio personality in China, who had a call-in programme named Words on the Night Breeze from 1989 to 1997. She is also the author of several bestselling books, including The Good Women of China, China Witness and Buy Me the Sky.

Peter Bazalgette

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Peter Bazalgette is executive chairman of ITV and former chair of Arts Council England. He is author of The Empathy Instinct: How to Create a More Civil Society (John Murray), which was published in January 2017.

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