Okolloh | International Media Conference: Community voices create the difference

02.19.2010 at 11:39 am | Category Case Studies, Featured // 1 Comment »

At a crossroads: Kenyan blogger comes to the rescue

For Ory Okolloh, who came back home to elect her next leader, the events that followed would forever change her life. She had flown into Kenya from her base in South Africa to exercise her constitutional right to vote in the 2007 General Election. Read more…

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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