The AIDS Media Center (AMC) is a targeted resource portal for media professionals covering the global issues of AIDS.

The mission of this partner-driven website and initiative is to enhance the creative energies of local and international media professionals and organizations to play significant and contributing roles in the fight against HIV. The site provides useful tools and resources for media organizations and professionals -- e.g., radio, print, television broadcast -- to deepen their knowledge of -- and, ultimately, the depth, quality and impact of their HIV coverage.

Partner Organizations

The site 's content is provided in an ongoing basis by a network of local and international institutional AIDS Media Center partners.

These partners – internationally recognized for their content expertise in media and HIV related training activities (e.g., Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, PANOS, Kaiser Family Foundation, One World, Internews, national Associations of Journalists Against AIDS) and/or HIV topic areas (e.g., UNAIDS, WHO, World Bank, IAVI, IAEN), directly contribute content to the site.

The collection of information, drawn from these and other partner institutions, is then collated into several site features and is searchable via keyword and through a variety of document filters (e.g., topic, date, partner organization).

Site Features - Public and Member’s Only

Public site features include:

Top News & Features – The home page and Feature area includes new press releases, event announcements, new and notable publications, short descriptions of new media campaigns and products, upcoming HIV and media training activities, etc.;

Partner Pages – Highlighted content from individual AIDS Media Center partners;

Press Contact – Press contact information for the AIDS Media Center partners; organizations;

Library – Background documents, data and charts, archives of past notable HIV news;

Multimedia – A collection of best practice and/or notable HIV multimedia (audio, print, video, web-based) resources;

Training – Announcements of upcoming, ongoing and past media and HIV targeted training activities;

Calendar (upcoming) – An interactive calendar of significant HIV events – conferences, workshops, events – and media training activities;

Data (upcoming) – HIV-related data sets collected from a variety of publications and sources and searchable by country;

Q&A (upcoming) – Interviews with experts and content specialists.

Member’s Only Area - Building Communities of Practice

The Member’s Only parts of the site are designated for credentialed media professionals. Upon successful registration, the individual is able to access a variety of targeted resources designed to assist in their coverage of the epidemic.These resources include:

Embargoed materials – pre-release major reports and studies, including synopses and background data;

Copyright Free materials – Copyright cleared materials for use in HIV related stories and product development; and,

E-dialogues – Opportunities to exchange information with other professionals in the field.