The Media Park building in Hilversum
The time is here, the mission’s clear. My work on the Press Freedom 2.0 proposal begins.
The Internews-Ukraine and European Journalism Centre crew, and I, went to Hilversum. Internews to meet with the TV station NOS and gain some more Dutch perspective on media, and the rest of us to the offices of FreeVoice to get up to speed on what’s happening next for the Press Freedom 2.0 proposal, and for me to meet some of the people I will be working with. [click to continue…]
by bencolmery4 on January 4, 2010
in Advocacy & Activism,Bangladesh,Cote d'Ivoire,Egypt,Ghana,Iran,Kenya,Management,Mozambique,Nigeria,Social Media,Training & Education,Uganda,Web & Internet,Zambia,Zimbabwe
2009 was a banner year for me in terms of media development. It was not by any means my starting point in media, but it could go down as year in which my work achieved lift off. But all was done in the name of helping people spread information, express themselves, and/or strengthen their networks with other people to promote change. So, I thought I’d take a look back at my year in media development, get it all together in one place, take stock, establish something to compare 2010 to, reminisce a little.
Researching Extractive Industry Transparency and Journalism Development in Africa
I began the year leading a team through a study to assess needs and effective training practices to raise the level of business journalism in Ghana, Nigeria, and Uganda. Our findings would then be synthesized into a report to provide training and media development recommendations to Revenue Watch Institute, which wanted to use training to improve business journalism, and promote extractive industry transparency. The best part of this project was that I got to spend two weeks in January in balmy Nigeria–a country the Bradt guide calls “Africa for the Advanced”–and meet face to face with Nigerian journalists, journalism educators, and media development experts. Lagos, in particular, was INTENSE. And fantastic. I also got a chance in this to bone up on my skills developing surveys and interview guides, building networks of contacts, designing a team research wiki, and producing a report of findings. [click to continue…]
The Media Park building in Hilversum