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Monday, August 30, 2010

Journalism made easier - web tools

Participants at a Reuters Training in Nairobi
Journalism is a very challenging profession. It needs a lot of effort for one to carry on especially given the working conditions in Africa. However, the way out is the use of web tools to make our work easier. Am now in Nairobi attending a Training by Thomson Reuters Foundation on "Web Tools for Journalism". While Robert Freeman from BBC is facilitating, am thinking of how my colleagues who work upcountry will ever advance. A friend of mine who lives in Kanungu tells me that she accesses the internet only after ling up for 6 hours. Alternatively, she has to book the only accessible computer connected to the internet in the District 24 hours before and make a payment right away. Is there anything we can do for such comrades of ours?

2 comments:

techpost said...

This is really sad that those that we share a profession with are out there struggling to tell the African story to the world. I suggest that more should be done to enable our brothers and sisters out there practice journalism

mhenga said...

Digital divide is the word.
Until Africa closes in on o this gap the queues will continue being longer.