WikiIndaba conference 2019/Submissions/How can journalists leverage on Wikinews to ensure positive reportage about Africa
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- Submission no. 017
- Title of the submission
- How can journalists leverage on Wikinews to ensure positive reportage about Africa
- Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, birds of a feather discussion)
Lecture
- Author of the submission
Raphael Berchie
- Language of presentation
English
- E-mail address
rberchie
gmail.com
- Username
Rberchie
- Country of origin
Ghana
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Open Foundation West Africa
- Personal homepage or blog
- Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
News and media reportage about Africa has always been subject by the journalistic policies of international media organizations. In view of this news about Africa has always been that of a continent with wars, famine and poverty. However, there are other equally good initiatives or news happening around Africa but never get reported.
Wikipedia has a lot of sister projects which are all free and globally accessible. One of these is Wiki News which receives less attention and incidentally has a few African contributors. This presentation will seek to introduce Wiki News as a project to Africans that can be used to address this systematic bias when it comes to media reportage about Africa. This is to whip the interest in experience editors to either look into contributing African news to Wiki News or training journalists in their respective countries to contribute African news on Wiki News.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
Attendees will learn about the media bias against Africa by global media hubs and how this can be addressed with Wiki News. Attendees will also learn get some exposure about Wiki News which is a lesser none sister project of WMF.
- Theme of presentation
- For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?
Beginning
- Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long)
40 minutes
- Will you attend WikiIndaba if your submission is not accepted?
Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
TBA
- Special requests
- Is this Submission a Draft or Final?
Draft
Interested attendees
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