Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2017
You can see the eBook PDF-version of this guide here. 1. Introduction Many veteran journalists, but not only these, surely noticed that we are all of a sudden bombarded…
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Orchberg Fellowship: Opportunity for journalists
Dear friends, These are challenging times: political violence, terrorism, disaster and civil conflict across the globe put exceptional pressure on journalists to get the story right. And direct attacks on the…
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AMDF Condemns Attack on Kaduna NUJ Secretariat
Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) strongly condemns the attack on the Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Kaduna state council by suspected political thugs. The attack which took place…
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Talatu Lamon is AMDF’s Journalist of the Month
Talatu Lamon was born into the family of late Capt. Micah Lamon Rtd and late Mrs Hadijatu Lamon on the 5th of May in the early eighties. She is an…
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Using Data to (Re)build Trust in Media
Eva Constantaras in her own words | A Network50 Spotlight Western media in general, and data journalism in particular, is in the midst of an identity crisis…or at least it…
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Debunking fake photos: How journalists and readers can ensure authenticity
Nicole Smith Dahmen | July 26, 2017 Photographs are more than just an aesthetic element. They help us tell better stories. Photos can provide information, such as documentation of newsworthy…
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Journalists must become better storytellers for low-literate readers
Ritvvij Parrikh | This post is the first part in an ongoing series on how newsrooms can expand their audience by using new storytelling techniques. India’s population of internet users…
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Advice for building a strong personal brand as a journalist
Clothilde Goujard | Updated at 9:19 a.m. on July 25, 2017 In the social media age, journalists — especially when they’re starting out — are increasingly encouraged to develop and…
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Internet Governance For Media Development
Internet governance refers to the development, coordination and management of a broad range of principles of policies and the technical standards that determine how the internet operates and evolves over…
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What four news sites learned from running crowdfunding campaigns
By Jordy Meléndez This is the first article in a multi-part series by SembraMedia on how independent news sites can achieve financial stability. See part two here. Nowadays, creating a news…
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