Secretary of the Board

Daniel Kemeny is a community radio advocate and media freedom activist from Hungary. He supports the development and operation of multiple community radio stations, launching a program in 2020 to help establish and sustain them. Daniel collaborates with NGOs to enhance their media representation and coordinates EU-funded initiatives in partnership with Civil Radio. As a volunteer with Radio X, he organizes university sessions on media freedom and the role of community radio. He is also a regular speaker and producer for Radio X training courses, fostering community media education and engagement.

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Valentina Rajakovic works for one of the oldest independent non-profit community radios in Europe, Radio Študent. Radio Študent provides a media platform to various social groups, minorities, and marginalized communities. Starting as a journalist, continuing as a project manager and now as a director, she has gained important experience and skills in various fields of the third media sector. She has been gaining experience in project work since she was 15 when she joined a local voluntary cultural association as a board member. There she contributed to the projects as a festival and youth center program manager. Both her work in the local community and her work at Radio Študent has taught her the importance of fighting for the promotion of marginalized content.

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Lale Rodgarkia-Dara is a writer, sonic artist, and strategic managing director of Radio Helsinki 92.6 in Graz, Austria. She explores the interplay of literature, media art, and open-source technology, often creating works in transitory spaces and radio formats. Lale is a co-founder of the feminist art/hacker space Mz. Baltazar's Laboratory and Vienna’s Radia Collective, as well as a founding member of the multidisciplinary art space Palais Rössl. She has produced international media conferences and co-organized initiatives addressing radicalization and media freedom. Her artistic contributions have been recognized with several prestigious grants, and she continues to lecture and teach at universities and informal education systems across Austria.

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Dr. Gloria Khamkar is a Principal Academic in Journalism at Bournemouth University, UK, and a community radio broadcaster at Unity 101 FM in Southampton. Her research focuses on community media, migrant media, and citizen journalism, and she is the author of The Evolution of British Asian Radio in England (2023). Gloria co-hosts the Culture Corner podcast and has led projects like "Once Upon a Time in Ukraine," a mobile storytelling initiative with Ukrainian women migrants. She is an Advisory Board Member of the MeCCSA Radio Studies Network and has served on the Council Board of the UK’s Community Media Association. Her advocacy promotes diversity, equity, and the ethos of community radio, with a focus on empowering ethnic and migrant communities.

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Chiara Muzzi is a PhD researcher at Loughborough University London, focusing on environmental communication through community radio along the Danube. With over two decades of experience, she has worked as a radio producer, journalist, and project manager, supporting human rights defenders, activists, and community media initiatives worldwide. Chiara produced The Green Show on Source FM and has been a key contributor to CMFE’s "Get The Trolls Out" project, addressing anti-religious hate speech. Her expertise spans advocacy, capacity building, and fostering collaborative audio productions with community radios. Fluent in four languages, Chiara is committed to amplifying underrepresented voices and supporting transformative media projects.