Over the past year the power of the media has been demonstrated in various situations from the Arab Spring to the phone-hacking scandal involving News of the World newspaper. In response to this power of the media, governments have sought to question the legitimacy and limits of the power of the media. In the United …
The Future Journalists Programme (FJP) which has easily become Highway Africa’s pride and joy, is currently in its 5th year. The programme has grown from strength to strength and as the New Year plans begin, it useful to look back on the events that marked a successful 2012 FJP year. To date, FJP has seen …
Highway Africa’s Reporting Development Network Africa (rDNA) will be reporting in Arusha, Tanzania, for the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), which takes place from 26-28 September 2012. rDNA ran a preconference Development Journalism Training Workshop for African Media, from 24-25 September, under the theme ‘Reporting Agriculture and Food Security for Africa’s Development’. Participating journalists were from …
“If you don’t know me, just Google my name on the web and you’ll see,” said Peter Verwiej opening the ‘How to Use Twitter in Journalism workshop’ at the Highway Africa conference. After the flamboyant entrance, Verwiej delved right into the topic, explaining that Twitter is a social media site as well a micro-blogging tool; …