Comments on: World, meet Africa! A new way of reporting the continent http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:17:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Crimson Tazvinzwa http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-2/#comment-1488832 Crimson Tazvinzwa Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:08:55 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-1488832 I think Global Voices’s initiative is a plausable move that recognises the fact that Africa’s achievements for a long time have been on the periphery of the news agenda. If anything for a long time the continent suffered anthropological misrepresentation of its people by the globalised media, hence the portrayal as a place mired in unending conflicts, disease and poor economies. I am glad that some well meaning journalists have realised that voices of ordinary people when given a platform add a new perspective to what makes Africa ‘tick’. I think Global Voices’s initiative is a plausable move that recognises the fact that Africa’s achievements for a long time have been on the periphery of the news agenda. If anything for a long time the continent suffered anthropological misrepresentation of its people by the globalised media, hence the portrayal as a place mired in unending conflicts, disease and poor economies. I am glad that some well meaning journalists have realised that voices of ordinary people when given a platform add a new perspective to what makes Africa ‘tick’.

]]> By: Crimson Tazvizwa http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-2/#comment-1487807 Crimson Tazvizwa Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:02:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-1487807 I think Global Voices's initiative is a plausable move that recognises the fact that Africa's achievements for a long time have been on the periphery of the news agenda. If anything for a long time the continent suffered anthropological misrepresentation of its people by the globalised media, hence the portrayal as a place mired in unending conflicts, disease and poor economies. I am glad that some well meaning journalists have realised that voices of ordinary people when given a platform add a new perspective to what makes Africa 'tick'. I think Global Voices’s initiative is a plausable move that recognises the fact that Africa’s achievements for a long time have been on the periphery of the news agenda. If anything for a long time the continent suffered anthropological misrepresentation of its people by the globalised media, hence the portrayal as a place mired in unending conflicts, disease and poor economies. I am glad that some well meaning journalists have realised that voices of ordinary people when given a platform add a new perspective to what makes Africa ‘tick’.

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Reuters Africa wins Diageo Africa Business Reporting award http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-1187410 Global Voices Online » Reuters Africa wins Diageo Africa Business Reporting award Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-1187410 [...] with the idea of incorporating our RSS feeds into their new project. As Rachel Rawlins wrote in an article announcing the Africa site launch back in February 2007,  “it. . . . demonstrates the [...] [...] with the idea of incorporating our RSS feeds into their new project. As Rachel Rawlins wrote in an article announcing the Africa site launch back in February 2007,  “it. . . . demonstrates the [...]

]]> By: Rachel Rawlins http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-839821 Rachel Rawlins Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:50:01 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-839821 Hi Lara! so great to hear from you and find your blog. I think it's a good thing that Reuters is treating the African continent as the viable economic entity it is rather than the basket case we're so used to seeing portrayed in the mainstream media. However if you look at the individual country pages you'll see the usual broad reporting amongst the stories. And of course Reuters <a href="http://www.alertnet.org/" rel="nofollow">AlertNet</a> covers Africa in great detail. Hi Lara! so great to hear from you and find your blog.

I think it’s a good thing that Reuters is treating the African continent as the viable economic entity it is rather than the basket case we’re so used to seeing portrayed in the mainstream media. However if you look at the individual country pages you’ll see the usual broad reporting amongst the stories.

And of course Reuters AlertNet covers Africa in great detail.

]]> By: Jikomboe » Reuters, Global Voices Online, Blogu na Afrika http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-828966 Jikomboe » Reuters, Global Voices Online, Blogu na Afrika Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-828966 [...] * World, meet Africa! A new way of reporting the continent: That’s why today’s launch of a new website from global news organisation Reuters devoted exclusively to the continent - Reuters Africa - is so exciting. And most exciting of all is the inclusion of blogs on every individual country page on the site. [...] [...] * World, meet Africa! A new way of reporting the continent: That’s why today’s launch of a new website from global news organisation Reuters devoted exclusively to the continent – Reuters Africa – is so exciting. And most exciting of all is the inclusion of blogs on every individual country page on the site. [...]

]]> By: saidia.org » Blog Archive » Reporting Africa, blog by blog - Becky Hogge article on openDemocracy http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-789139 saidia.org » Blog Archive » Reporting Africa, blog by blog - Becky Hogge article on openDemocracy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:01:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-789139 [...] Becky also gets into the discussion of how difficult it is to report out of Africa, and fears that reporters might have of media outlets seeking to have blogs replace journalism.  Time will tell - but in the meantime I’m very pleased to see the contribution Global Voices is making to encouraging Africans to speak out to the world and make their presence known. Rachel Rawlins, managing editor of the Global Voices project, believes the Reuters move “demonstrates the increasing value placed by news organisations on the ability of authentic voices to provide perspective, background and context to the events they cover.” But she recognises that the value this provides is only nascent. Announcing the Reuters project to her community, Rawlins ended with a hope that “the involvement of bloggers in projects such as this not only gives a platform to those whose voices have long been left unheard, but also encourages others to join the conversation and brings pressure to bear on behalf of those who want to speak but cannot.” digg_url='http://www.saidia.org/2007/03/01/reporting-africa-blog-by-blog-becky-hogge-article-on-opendemocracy/'; digg_skin = ''; digg_bgcolor = '#FFFFFF'; digg_title = 'Reporting+Africa%2C+blog+by+blog+-+Becky+Hogge+article+on+openDemocracy'; digg_bodytext = ''; digg_topic = ''; Powered by Gregarious (21)Share This [...] [...] Becky also gets into the discussion of how difficult it is to report out of Africa, and fears that reporters might have of media outlets seeking to have blogs replace journalism.  Time will tell – but in the meantime I’m very pleased to see the contribution Global Voices is making to encouraging Africans to speak out to the world and make their presence known. Rachel Rawlins, managing editor of the Global Voices project, believes the Reuters move “demonstrates the increasing value placed by news organisations on the ability of authentic voices to provide perspective, background and context to the events they cover.” But she recognises that the value this provides is only nascent. Announcing the Reuters project to her community, Rawlins ended with a hope that “the involvement of bloggers in projects such as this not only gives a platform to those whose voices have long been left unheard, but also encourages others to join the conversation and brings pressure to bear on behalf of those who want to speak but cannot.” digg_url=’http://www.saidia.org/2007/03/01/reporting-africa-blog-by-blog-becky-hogge-article-on-opendemocracy/’; digg_skin = ”; digg_bgcolor = ‘#FFFFFF’; digg_title = ‘Reporting+Africa%2C+blog+by+blog+-+Becky+Hogge+article+on+openDemocracy’; digg_bodytext = ”; digg_topic = ”; Powered by Gregarious (21)Share This [...]

]]> By: Lara Pawson http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-784585 Lara Pawson Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:06:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-784585 Rachel, hello! This sounds great, but I don't understand why Reuters' conventional agency reporting is still so stuck on largely business and macro-economic development only. Why doesn't Reuters incorporate a more rounded approach to news and information into its general coverage? Or am I missing something? From Lara, currently in Angola. Rachel, hello! This sounds great, but I don’t understand why Reuters’ conventional agency reporting is still so stuck on largely business and macro-economic development only. Why doesn’t Reuters incorporate a more rounded approach to news and information into its general coverage? Or am I missing something? From Lara, currently in Angola.

]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Reuters’ (and Global Voices’) new Africa coverage http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-755562 …My heart’s in Accra » Reuters’ (and Global Voices’) new Africa coverage Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:59:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-755562 [...] In internal conversations at GVO, one of the subjects has been making sure that we’ve got great Africa content to feature, now that Reuters readers have a more direct route to our content. This is a huge challenge for Ndesanjo Macha, our wonderful sub-Saharan Africa editor, as well as Amira Al Hussiani, who edits the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Jen Bréa and Alice Backer, who cover the french-speaking corners of the continent. The challenge is that, in many countries on the continent, there just aren’t very many bloggers yet. And, as Rachel Rawlins (half of our superheroine duo of managing editors) points out, writers in countries like Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Egypt have to overcome government constraints on speech and well as technical challenges to write online. [...] [...] In internal conversations at GVO, one of the subjects has been making sure that we’ve got great Africa content to feature, now that Reuters readers have a more direct route to our content. This is a huge challenge for Ndesanjo Macha, our wonderful sub-Saharan Africa editor, as well as Amira Al Hussiani, who edits the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Jen Bréa and Alice Backer, who cover the french-speaking corners of the continent. The challenge is that, in many countries on the continent, there just aren’t very many bloggers yet. And, as Rachel Rawlins (half of our superheroine duo of managing editors) points out, writers in countries like Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Egypt have to overcome government constraints on speech and well as technical challenges to write online. [...]

]]> By: Extra Extra http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-755082 Extra Extra Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:25:51 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-755082 <strong>The news revolution will be customised...</strong> Reuters, the trusty, 156-year-old peddler of breaking news, has launched Reuters Africa: global news (’Liverpool sink Barcelona!’) with greater prominence for Africa-related stories (’Sudan, Chad again pledge to avoid hostilities&#82... The news revolution will be customised…

Reuters, the trusty, 156-year-old peddler of breaking news, has launched Reuters Africa: global news (’Liverpool sink Barcelona!’) with greater prominence for Africa-related stories (’Sudan, Chad again pledge to avoid hostilities&#82…

]]> By: Jason Paz http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-754746 Jason Paz Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-754746 Any news service can benefit from blogging input for on the ground reporting. Many bloggers will welcome the increased exposure. We applaud those who would expand our horizons. However, how will Reuters re-act to the blogger who runs afoul of the authorities? Any news service can benefit from blogging input for on the ground reporting.
Many bloggers will welcome the increased exposure.
We applaud those who would expand our horizons.
However, how will Reuters re-act to the blogger who runs afoul of the authorities?

]]> By: 全球之声 » Blog Archive » 世界，见见非洲！报导这块大陆的新方式 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-754707 全球之声 » Blog Archive » 世界，见见非洲！报导这块大陆的新方式 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:25:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-754707 [...] 原文： World, meet Africa! A new way of reporting the continent作者： Rachel Rawlins译者： Leonard校对： Portnoy [...] [...] 原文： World, meet Africa! A new way of reporting the continent作者： Rachel Rawlins译者： Leonard校对： Portnoy [...]

]]> By: Fred http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/comment-page-1/#comment-753045 Fred Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:31:08 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/21/world-meet-africa-a-new-way-of-reporting-the-continent/#comment-753045 This is great. I'm a sucker for clickable maps. But I'm surprised to find no associated RSS feeds. This is great. I’m a sucker for clickable maps. But I’m surprised to find no associated RSS feeds.

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