NWICO and Development Journalism

I for one, am all about giving a voice to the voiceless and getting the messages of the less fortunate out into the world. I could only hope for the equitable and two-way flow and content of information but the hard part is getting there. The NWICO is a generally great idea...conceptually and ideally. The hard part is how to get the LDC's to the point where they can produce media and continue a flow of information that will equal the Western world. How do you implement a system or set of rules in a country where media is an extra; dessert if you will? When many countries have to deal with problems like famine, disease, lack of resources, and corrupt government, there may be a need for free and prolific media and the telling of their problems and stories but how? LDC's could use government money and have a government sponsored media outlet but there's no way that it wouldn't have some sort of agenda and usurp the very core idea of a true communication and flow of information instead of propaganda. So where will the money come from then? If American money were to sponsor it, there would be an agenda as well (we never really do charity without an agenda...sad and pessimistic maybe but true). Foreign correspondents are a step in the right direction but still need purifying to rid the information coming out of them of a Western focused filter and truly speak for the people. However, with the declining number of foreign correspondents...things are looking more grim by the minute. There are so many questions to answer in this issue that I'm at a loss. Where can the LDC's get the money for a media infrastructure and working free press without government propaganda? How can the U.S. and Western world help without colonialising? It's frustrating to think about but it needs to get figured out...I can only imagine what we would learn if the people of LDC's truly had a global voice.