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China’s Quest for International “Discourse I...
In December, South Africa played host to the China-Africa Media Summit in Cape Town, a lead-up event to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit (FOCACS). Representatives from 120 media organizations in 47 African countries and some Chinese media participated in the summit, whose theme was ̶... |
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The Sustainable Development Goals and a New Era ...
Development journalism in Africa has often been labeled as boring, too positive, and even abstract. It is a world away from the popular journalistic mantra “if it bleeds it leads” according to former BBC Africa journalist Joseph Warungu, whose Nairobi-based organization AfricaonAir spearhead... |
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International Donor Relations and the Government...
By Lamii Kpargoi In September 2010, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed Liberia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) law. That singular act ushered in perhaps the most important piece of governance legislation ever passed in the country’s history. It was a momentous day for many Liberians, especial... |
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Publishing for Peanuts: Innovation and the Journ...
By JJ Robinson, journalist/editor and lead author Media innovation and startups are subjects talked about all over the world but little studied outside the US and Europe. For our report ‘Publishing for Peanuts: Innovation and the Journalism Startup’, we sought out new and independent media outl... |
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New BBG Survey Reveals Broader Accessibility Iss...
The environment for access to the Internet is changing rapidly, and Sub-Saharan Africa is a prime example. Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, and Ethiopia were five Sub-Saharan African countries surveyed by Gallup and the Broadcasting Board of Governors in late 2013 and early 2014. Their... |
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Reflections on Highway Africa 2015
This year’s Highway Africa Conference, which gathers journalists from across the continent, focused on the growing migration of Africans to cities and what that means for African journalism. Under the theme “Journalism and the City,” the conference at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Af... |
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Highway Africa 2015: Journalism and the City
In a few weeks, CIMA will attend Highway Africa 2015 at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. The annual conference serves to create a platform for sharing information and knowledge, serving as the center of Africa’s debates on journalism, media, and communication. This year’s theme... |
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Youngest Country; Oldest Problem: Attacks on the...
Sherry Ricchiardi, Ph.D. , is a media development specialist. In May, she was a guest speaker at World Press Freedom Day Conference in Juba, South Sudan, and conducted workshops as part of the Department of State U.S. Speaker Program on Journalism Training and Safety. The views expressed here are ... |
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Enough with Whispering about Media Freedom
Simegnish “Lily” Mengesha is a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views expressed here are her own.For any ordinary person, engaging in discussion with the world’s most powerful leader feels close to impossible. But I experienced the impossible when I ... |
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Standards of Professionalism: Mali’s press...
Tidiani Togola is a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views expressed here are his own. Most of the press professionals in Mali learn on the job. They have not benefited from any structured or adequate training. This has an impact both on the quality of t... |