Feb 22nd, 2010
by Elvira.
“I’m 1 of the people who were there this morning, & I really enjoyed the 1st course. You really know your stuff. Thembeni” – Twitter message to @Elviravannoort.
My first Citizen Journalism class at local Grahamstown community newspaper Grocott’s Mail (GM) is history. Eleven participants this morning learned what a citizen journalist is, what news is and how they can generate their own story ideas.
It’s exciting to be part of the project named Iindaba Ziyafika (The news is coming). “The project focuses on developing innovative ways of using new media technologies to facilitiate community journalism, and is funded by a grant from the US-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation“, explains the GM website concisely.
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As published in Grocott’s Mail – Grahamstown, South Africa
By Zimkhitha Mbunge 
Applications for the third Grocott’s Mail Citizen Journalism course close at 5pm on Monday 15 February – go to www.grocotts.co.za/cj to register now.
The course, which is free of charge, takes place in the Grocott’s Mail Citizen Journalism newsroom, and will run for six weeks, from Monday 22 February to Thursday 1 April 2010, from 9am to 11am.
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EvN Media Solutions would like to thank all the people involved in our work and all the clients who make it possible to continue our business into it
s third year. Special mention goes to the School of Journalism in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and the Digital Citizen Indaba sponsors who are kind enough to ask for EvN’s services on a continuous basis.
In 2009 EvN extended its practical skills on multiple media platforms, including mobile. Keeping up-to-date with new media technologies and social media is necessary to grow EvN into a company that keeps on the foreground of offering new media solutions to media companies and media projects. The year also presented many new insights with projects related to press freedom and digital activism.
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This is the third time I am involved in coordinating the Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI) in Grahamstown, South Africa and this year promises to be the best so far. Not only do we expect 300 delegates, DCI is now also a two-day event! It takes place on 5 and 6 September. Our theme is ‘Digital civil society and journalism in Africa’ and you can follow our live updates on our DCI website.
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Jun 24th, 2009
by Elvira.
Grahamstown is waking up. The gradual change from a sleepy student town to National Arts Festival mayhe
m follows a years-old tradition: the re-painting of the city centre road marks and affixing the brightly-coloured nameplates to the numerous venues. It’s that time of the year when B&B’s and shops repaint theirexterior and the lawns are put in shipshape.
For me it is time to get ready for what is now publicly known as a circus. This one does not involve tigers, elephants or horses but just a whole lot of clowns, acrobats and jugglers. Its our own media circus in the African Media Matrix building at Rhodes University.
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