Archive for the ‘Shoptalk’ Category
Regarding more than the pain of others
I have a new essay with the Boston Review, about suffering, compassion and foreign journalism (and other narratives) of Africa. I hope you’ll read it. But here’s a cribsheet: Being the object of compassion is not the same thing as being the subject of a story. A lot, but not all of this, is our [...]
On being an “African writer”
Nikita Bernardi has a piece in Think Africa Press about the Caine Prize for African writing. For Caine, “‘An African writer’ is taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, or who is a national of an African country, or whose parents are African”. For Caine finalists, not so much. At a recent event [...]
To mark South Sudan’s first anniversary, read this
Journalism loves anniversaries, and South Sudan’s first anniversary of independence (or, as it’s been dubbed in places, its “birthday”) is a naturally an occassion for a closer look at everything that’s happened in the last year. One thing to watch: Reuters invested in an entire week of South Sudan special coverage, starting with a piece [...]
$1 million for African media, $100,000 at a time
Enter your best ideas! Share This: For Immediate Release: May 10, 2012 Contact: Sonja Matanovic, Communications Director Telephone: 202.349.7624, smatanovic@icfj.org Call for Entries: $1 Million African News Innovation Challenge Africa’s first major contest designed to promote the development of digital media products and innovations is now accepting applications. African [...]
If you want to #coverthenight, also read this — Beyond #Kony2012: Advocacy, Activism and Africa
I’m thrilled to join the company of some stellar thinkers, doers and writers in “Beyond Kony2012.” I’ve offered a chapter called “Ethical or Exploitative: Stories, Advocacy and Suffering,” an analytic look at trauma stories in journalism and advocacy contexts. The book is free for two weeks, via LeanPub,. Go download it. Share it with others. [...]
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