Ep. 1: Community Journalism in Africa

03.16.2010 at 11:36 am | Have your say »

by Abdul Muqeem Abdul Rahimzi

The Community Journalism in Africa will give you information about the roll of common people in recent general election in Kenya, use of user-generated contents in Zimbabwe, Albino killings in Tanzania and citizen journalism in Ghana. Relatively new in African media landscape, the user-generated contents are now being used in mainstream journalism in some countries in Africa. Presented by: Ab.Muqeem Ab.Rahimzi

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Ab.Muqeem Ab.Rahimzi has been working with Saba Media Organization since five years in Afghanistan and he is publisher for a regional monthly magazine named ZALAND in south of Afghanistan, Before joining the SMO, he worked with UN as an interpreter and worked with Awaz news Agency as a Radio and TV Journalist in Afghanistan and DW Radio in Bonn Germany. Mr. Ab.Rahimzi covers the field of Political and social. In 2007 he won an award for his audio podcast about human rights in 8th international Radio festival in Iran and now he is in his last year of literature faculty of Kabul University. To reach Ab.Muqeem Ab.Rahimzi, please mail him to muqeem_ab_rahimzi@hotmail.com muqeem@sabacent.org Twitter: muqeem_afg

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RT @joVog: Done! Vuvox Experiment über IIJ-FAZ Medienkonferenz 2010 ist im Kasten http://www.jovoeg.de/?p=554 @iij10 [link] 2010/03/25
Check our website for reports of the conference #iij10 [link] 2010/03/24
Debate on CJ remains but there is a general consensus that it is becoming more and more a feature of the news process #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
CJ should cooperate with traditional media as part of news gathering; ethical issues remain a sticky point #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
Panelist D’Inka: High quality journalism will be the key to the future #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
Panelist Islam: Media should trust its readers and open their platforms to the former to post comments and contribute to the news #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
Panelist Kuttab: Citizen journalists should integrate with mainstream media and not abuse their power of expression;maintain ethics #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
Panelist Kavuma: When there’s a crisis use of Facebook, SMS becomes more crucial especially in countries without free press #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
Panelist Kuttab: Loss of credibility due to lack of information regulation; people are making informed choices on whom to trust #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18
Panelist Kavuma: CJ will force us to think what is important for us #iij10 [link] 2010/03/18

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