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DCI 5.0 – Africa’s Underdevelopment: Digital Citizens Talk Back

Elvira — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:06:52 +0000

The Digital Citizen Indaba 5.0 will this year take place on 07 July at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. Our theme this year is “Africa’s Underdevelopment: Digital Citizens Talk Back” and concentrates on the use of new media tools in exposing crucial information about natural resource exploitation, mega-events (like the FIFA 2010 World Cup) and disasters in Africa. DCI 5.0 discusses the role of citizen media: which stories are important to tell and how can citizen journalists tell them?

Once again, EvN Media is one of the coordinators of this annual event. The team is currently busy compiling the programme. We have made a first selection of speakers and projects that we will showcase but if you have any suggestions you are welcome to let us know. Our contact details are on the DCI website. Read our Concept Document for more information.

Academic research to keep me on my toes

Elvira — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:30:08 +0000

To constantly be at the forefront of academic research is an easy task when you work as the associate researcher at the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership in Grahamstown. The knowledgeable staff of this prestigious institute keep me on my toes. I write proposals about mobile news applications, brown-envelope journalism and South Africa’s digital migration – these topics really are just as interesting as they sound.

The search for funders is ongoing. We apply with Hivos, FreeVoice, OSISA and Samdef on a regular basis. It is not easy to receive funding but we keep our hopes up. We are now moving quicker, producing more and more interesting research proposals, to different funders to ensure that we can work on a project this year.

There is still a lot to research within the Southern African media landscape, especially when it comes to mobile media and using new media for social justice and activism. EvN will continue writing research proposals that aim to uplift the standards of journalism and fight for the voiceless in 2010.

Cheers to a Productive, Creative, Healthy and Awesome 2010!

Elvira — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:52:09 +0000

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 its 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.

2010

EvN in 2010 will keep on offering the friendly, quick and professional service you are used to. With the World Cup on the calendar it will be a more dynamic year and it is anticipated that EvN will this year work with new clients from all over the world.

EvN Media Solutions in 2010 will continue to offer the following services:

multimedia productions of hard and soft news from Southern Africa and The Netherlands
editing of (South African) English and Dutch articles
newsroom management during multimedia projects
newsroom assistance
academic research into new/ social/ mobile media
lectures, workshop and master classes about new media/ social media/ journalism skills/ Southern Africa
media consultancy & Southern Africa travel consultancy
translating of text from (South African) English to Dutch
…and much much more…

Please get in touch via our Contact page, we would love to hear from you!

All the best in 2010,

EvN – Media Solutions