Archive for the Africa Tag

Video journalism in Africa – guest post

Ruud Elmendorp, a video journalist in Africa, writes about his experiences in the job “Monsieur le journaliste? Votre interview avec le ministre est a deux heure.” Mister journalist? Your interview with the minister is at two. Thank you, I say to the lady on the phone. Finally I managed to arrange an interview with a minister in Rwanda. Some hours
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Katine: Guardian does something very special indeed with crowdsourcing

If you have ten minutes today, click along to Katine: it starts with a village. With this project The Guardian is doing something very special indeed with crowdsourcing, interactive storytelling, and journalism itself. Launched over the weekend, Katine appears to be a new approach to “the annual appeal to focus attention on worthwhile causes during the pre-Christmas giving season”. Editor
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