Community updates

Chronological news digests

2015-02-16

The anti-information age: How governments are reinventing censorship in the 21st century

2015-02-12

Africa join forces to fight hate speech - The African Media Initiative (AMI) and United Religions Initiative - Africa (URI)

Tatiana Repkova | www.hiiraan.com/news4/201 ... |

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Collaboration / Cooperation - Synergy
Covering / Reporting Hate Speech - Inflammatory Reporting - Racism / Antisemitism / Xenophobia / Homophobia / Tolerance

2015-02-09

Gay Ugandans hope new magazine will rewrite wrongs by tackling homophobia

Tatiana Repkova | www.theguardian.com/world ... |

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Launches of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media - Startups
Magazines
Covering / Reporting Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender / LGBTQ+ Issues

2015-01-22

Engaging the public in the budget: Twitter chats in Kenya

Tatiana Repkova | internationalbudget.org/b ... |

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Increasing Readership / Audience / Traffic / Engagement - Improving User Experience - Audience Development / Embracement
Covering / Reporting Business / Economic / Financial Issues - Market Abuse - Insider Information
Mobile Blogs / Moblogs - Microblogs - Twitter
How To Ideas

2015-01-05

Kenya Monitor: Mobile citizen media and news app

Tatiana Repkova | globalvoicesonline.org/20 ... |

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Mobile Telephony / VOIP (Skype) & Newspaper Editions / News Campaigns / Smart Phones / Applications
Open / Citizen / Public / Participatory Journalism - Eyewitness / User Generated Content - Crowdsourcing

2014-12-15

Медленное телевидение Норвегии: Это, казалось бы, не может быть интересным

Tatiana Repkova | slon.ru/calendar/event/11 ... |

Eritrea, Norway

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Eastern Africa, Northern Europe

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Strategic / Business Planning - Business Models - Franchising
TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Readership / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Opinion Polls
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience
Video Packages / Footage / YouTube - Vodcasting - Animation

2014-12-10

Reporters in Sudan and South Sudan face a myriad of problems going about their jobs

Tatiana Repkova | www.theguardian.com/world ... |

South Sudan, Sudan

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Censorship / Self-Censorship

2014-12-02

11 years later, Idi Amin’s son objects to Guardian obit for his father

Tatiana Repkova | www.poynter.org/news/3050 ... |

Uganda, United Kingdom

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Eastern Africa, European Union (=28), European Union - old (=15), Western Europe

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Covering / Reporting Politics / Elections / Campaigns / Government / Public Events
Covering / Reporting Death / Murder / Homicide / Suicide - Obituaries

2014-11-27

'Why won't the war stop?' Sudanese refugees in their own words: A two-month course in digital storytelling

Tatiana Repkova | mashable.com/2014/11/27/s ... |

South Sudan, Sudan

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Specifics of Creating Online Content - Multimedia / Transmedia Reporting / Storytelling - Mobile Journalism (Mojo) - Real-Time / Instantaneous / Live Blogging - Live Streaming - Robots - Algorithms
Training of Journalists / Newsroom Staff - Mentors
Journalism / Media Education
Open / Citizen / Public / Participatory Journalism - Eyewitness / User Generated Content - Crowdsourcing