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Do good trauma journalism? Consider applying for a Dart Award
For any journalists who cover trauma — or for others who value that good journalism and want to nominate your favorite best example of the last year — check out the Dart Awards. Details from the Dart Center’s email announcement: The Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma encompass the full spectrum of news media. In addition [...]
And in the Great Lakes…
Rwanda is accused of obstructing trade in electro-wielded black tubes from Uganda. No word on what those are. Police intercept a car carrying 2.3 million Rwandan francs (nearly $4000) worth of Hotel Waragi. That one’s easier: it’s an illegal and “lethal” Ugandan home brew, classified by Rwanda as an illicit drug. After tapping methane in [...]
These things are pretty
As I remain distracted in the real world, here is something pretty I just found on my hard drive. These are about to be plumeria. You’re a cold soul if you don’t find that inspiring.
Happening Now: Cyber-broadcast “town halls” on Rwanda, Congo, minerals & more
Town hall is a twitter-character attempt to make it clear these are panels you can participate in, if you visit the online discussion webpage. So go, discuss, and let me know what happens. From the Africa Canada Accountability Coalition: On November 2, 2010 ACAC and the The Mark News are co-sponsoring an online discussion on [...]
Your Africa-related events calendar
Lately, I’ve been getting press releases about Africa-themed events. I’ve blogged a few of them, but I thought I’d put together a calendar for interested perusers. So, here it is. Alas, it’s just a list at the moment. If anyone knows a WordPress plugin to make an actual calendar I can update, let me know. [...]
Check out this corn (seriously)
I’m out in the forest for a few days — pay no attention to what you’ve heard about broadband in Rwanda; there’s no Internet in the forest — and while you’ll no doubt miss the endless chatter about journalism, I thought I might offer you an interlude of… vegetables. Glenna Gordon has taken the nicest [...]
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