3rd Regional workshop on Medias and ICT issues in West Africa : New technologies, new journalism, improved governance.
Par PIWA le dimanche 9 décembre 2007, 14:18 - A propos/About - Lien permanent
Date : December 13th to 15th, 2007. About 60 people, including about 40 journalists from West Africa (radio, written press, English and French speaking countries) and some delegates from media and ICT organizations will attend the event.
Venue : Faidherbe hotel, Dakar (Senegal)
Organisation : Panos Institute West Africa
Financial support : OSIWA (Haayo project), Freevoice, Novib, DFID.
Through PIWA “Uses and Policies of Digital Technology” Programme (ICT Programme), this workshop aims at:
- promoting uses of blogs and new ICT tools (Web 2.0) by medias for improved governance in West Africa
- strengthening reporting on ICTs in the region
The workshop will give the opportunity to assess the use of blogs by medias and citizens in west Africa and to discuss about blogs and “citizen journalism”.
Apart from discussions, practical sessions will help participants learn or strengthen knowledge on the use of blogs, podcasts, and new digital communication applications.
About 60 people, including 40 journalists from West Africa (radio, written press, English and French speaking countries) and some delegates from media and ICT organizations will attend the event.
SESSIONS’ TOPICS
- Day 1 - December 13th, 2007*
- Opening ceremony
- Being journalist in the digital era
- Blogging in West Africa : issues on stake, stakeholders, contents, impediments
- I blog, therefore I am : presentation of experiences from various countries
- Online Production : legal constraints
- Day 2 - December 14th, 2007*
- Round table session : SAT3, VoIP, mobile telephony, Internet : current regulation issues in West Africa
- Web 2.0 truths and fictions : from the technical point of view to content production
- Blogs, podcasts, vlogs, tags, etc. : new tools for online production (theory and practice)
- Blogs, development and governance : feedback from the Roma web 2.0 conference
- Day 3 - December 15th, 2007*
- Citizen journalism : concept, issues on stake, impacts on journalists
- Two simultaneous sessions :
- African civil society and uses of blogs (4 hours-workshop)
- Practical workshops for journalists
- Conclusion - prospects
Notes
- French-English simultaneous will be provided.
- One room will be equipped with some computers for practical sessions.
For more information :
- you can read the call for participation - grants for journalists produced for this purpose.
- please contact Ken Lohento or Judith Lenti at PIWA.
