Israel Social TV (ISTV)

National Network
إسرائيل
Address

35 Washington St.
Tel Aviv
إسرائيل

Telephone
+972-3-5187793
E-Mail
Kinneret@social.org.il
E-Mail (2)
Ehud@social.org.il
Mobile Phone
972-50-9557245
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2006
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
ISTV is an NGO headed by Board of Directors that consists of 6 members, and a Public Council of 18 public and academic figures who accompany the organization, do their work voluntarily. The staff consists of 8 employees, ten volunteers and many other media professionals and organizations that collaborate with us. The director and chief editor and position holders like producer, reporters, and editors are responsible to carry out the mission successfully. ISTV offers regularly updated news coverage, investigative reports and issue-based documentaries on social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues which are usually ignored by mainstream media (either governmental or corporately controlled- there is no public TV channel in Israel). The annual budget (2011) is 400,000 NIS (100,000$). ISTV is funded this year mainly by NIF, Cordaid, Sigrid Rausing Foundation and BSST (British Shalom-Slaam Trust). We work in close co-operation with other human rights NGOs and social organizations, which turn to us as the media hub that provides Israel's unheard voices the visibility and exposure they do not receive elsewhere. Our contents may be viewed here: http://tv.social.org.il/ Some of which are translated to English at: http://tv.social.org.il/en including a short self presentation and a story about us at: http://tv.social.org.il/en/stv-on-channel-1
Mission and Objectives

Israel Social TV is a non-partisan, independent, social change organization working to promote democracy, human rights and social justice and to encourage its viewers to serve as defenders of democracy and activists for social change. As the first and main independent news channel in Israel, ISTV offers investigative reports and issue-based documentaries on pressing - and controversial issues that often go unreported in the mainstream media.
Our mission:
* Implementation of human valued journalistic practice of TV as a tool to promote social struggle and the aspiration for peace.* Expose the public to events that are not disseminated nor covered by the mainstream media.
* Raise public awareness to issues of political, social and environmental matters.
* Mobilize civil involvement and empower human rights defenders.
* Generate alternative perspectives and information, providing a stage to unheard voices, both within Israel and the occupied territories, cooperating with organizations working to safeguard them.

Main Projects / Activities

1.Creating contents: ISTV's professional crews cover events in which human rights are being violated or demonstrated against, and reports about threats to peace and democracy both within Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. We film well researched in depth stories and integrate all in our studio programming, scripted and anchored professionally. ISTV is also involved in co-productions with social organizations and NGOs.
2. Broadcast and Distribution: ISTV holds a news internet site where all items are catalogued as well as the studio magazines. Contents are regularly posted on social networks like Facebook, You-Tube, Twitter and other new media. The weekly news magazine "social order" is broadcasted nationally twice a week on The Public Channel via Cable and Satellite service. ISTV co-operates with various news and content outlets to widen its' contents exposure.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

ISTV is constantly looking for activities to cover and distribute and contents to be translated into a professional and responsible mass media language. We are interested in co-productions that have their synergy effect, and being part of the net will clarify our position as a platform to civil and social organizations aiming to better our common future.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

The Anna Lindh Foundation has succeeded in creating an impressive puzzle of organizations which we feel part of, having many friends-organizations already connected together.
As an alternative media source aiming to portray reality from a human point of view, we are busy with our Israeli-Palestinian parts of an inseparable greater puzzle, but realize the importance of the Mediterranean context.
New contents, perspectives and partners are essential for our everyday work, and we hope we find new means of contribution and co-operation with The ALF and ALF Network members, promoting ideas we all share.

Contact (1) Full Name
Kinneret Golan Hoz
Head of the organisation
Ehud Shem-Tov
Contact (2) Full Name
Yael Rosenfeld