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This article aims to fill a gap in the academic literature on how employees at a media

development intermediary construct meaning of their work. Based on in-depth interviews

with 18 employees of Internews, this research shows that employees believe the

organization has “evolved” from the past to include the entire “information ecosystem”

today. Themes that emerged include a focus on information as a solution, an emphasis on

local communities, the desire to give voice to marginalized communities, and a practice

of listening. Interviewees strictly adhered to official narratives of their work and to

contemporary development orthodoxy, perhaps because of group …

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