40 7. Keeping Everyone Informed yyZLHR produced and disseminated 90 press releases and information alerts yyA total of 1,080,000 copies (54 editions, including 4 special editions) of the Legal Monitor were produced and distributed countrywide ZLHR Annual Report 2014 yy1,200 audio CDs and DVDs were produced and disseminated, including 200 copies of a documentary on social and economic rights issues In 2014, ZLHR issued a total of 90 press releases, alerts and updates. These were disseminated via the organisation’s various electronic mailing lists, on its social media platforms, and in print media publications. This material contributed to increased understanding of the human rights situation and topical challenges by different stakeholders at the national and international levels, as well as broader knowledge by stakeholders of the work and inter­ ventions of ZLHR. Influential and respected media outlets continued to rely on ZLHR’s alerts in their stories, as evidenced by the active voices of ZLHR as an organisation, and the organisation’s lawyers and members, who were extensively quoted in monitored media articles. Local media outlets such as the Standard, Newsday and the Daily News, and regional and international media houses such as the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Bloomberg news agency, Al Jazeera, Moneyweb as well as specialist legal newsletters such as the Legal Brief, relied upon ZLHR’s updates. ZLHR continued, in this way, to promote access to information and knowledge throughout the country. In 2014 this information provided vulnerable and marginalised communities with more diverse information and improved their knowledge and ability to influence processes that affect and influence their lives, thereby underlining the importance of access to information and knowledge as essential conditions to further the development of democracy and active citizen participation in the country. ZLHR considers the media as a key player in the dissemination of information-Dzimbabwe Chimbga during an interview with Fazila Mahomed of Press TV