Missed this week’s launch of Kate Wright’s Who’s Reporting Africa Now? Non-Governmental Organizations, Journalists, and Multimedia? Fear not. We’ve done a Twitter round-up of the event to give you an idea of who was there and what was said.
Kate Wright
By Carolina Are
Dr. Mel Bunce, convenor of the Humanitarian News Research Network, commented: “The relationship between NGOs and journalists is a really important question right now. It was great to bring together researchers, journalists, students and people working in humanitarian comms to talk it through.”
The Announcements
Great to be at the launch of Who’s Reporting Africa Now? New book by @newsprof1 that looks closely at the relationship between NGOs and the media, hosted by @HNResearchNet pic.twitter.com/kSGqvXlSF2
— Mark Galloway (@mark__galloway) June 27, 2018
Very happy to be here to support @newsprof1 with her book launch wit @HNResearchNet pic.twitter.com/5uqPfi2gC3
— Teresa Doherty (@DohertyTA) June 27, 2018
Mid-Event Posts
@newsprof1 launching her book Who’s Reporting Africa Now at @cityjournalism @HNResearchNet pic.twitter.com/w9oPXOPLM8
— Dr Glenda Cooper (@glendacooper) June 27, 2018
23 news articles in a random sample of uk media derived directly from NGO press releases and events finds @newsprof1 #cityreportingafrica
— Humanitarian News (@HNResearchNet) June 27, 2018
NGOs are dominant in the news partly because of the huge cuts to professional photo journalism. Outlets still want visual material but aren’t producing it themselves says @newsprof1 #cityreportingafrica
— Humanitarian News (@HNResearchNet) June 27, 2018
The Analysis
Content demands pressure journalists and NGOs to produce a lot with fewer resources
— Lindsey Blumell (@lindseyblumell) June 27, 2018
Agree. As a former editor of @onecampaign and @malalafund‘s blogs, we produced our own articles, targeted to our own audiences, in lieu of going through the media. The upside: we had more control of the “ask.” Downside, smaller audience. https://t.co/C0yBGDavNd
— Malaka Gharib (@MalakaGharib) June 27, 2018
🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️ this is my finest Q&A moment ever! https://t.co/Eqfkmpn3Za
— Jessi Gutch 🎥🌹 (@Jessi_Gutch) June 27, 2018
Closing Comments
Stimulating event tonight about grey world of #africa #reporter sourcing by #NGOs at @HNResearchNet. So says @newsprof1 aka Dr Kate Wright. Am looking forward to reading her book. https://t.co/nRXoi2gAgW
— Richard Pendry (@Richard_Pendry) June 27, 2018
Happy to have met @EdinburghUni Dr Wright @newsprof1 as she launched her book “Who’s reporting Africa 🌍 now? ”
It was a great coincidence to meet @meljbunce whose research at @HNResearchNet provided a guide for my dissertation on foundation funded journalism in Kenya #academics pic.twitter.com/FgO3KYnlam— Verah Vashti Okeyo 🇰🇪 (@BeyondaHeadline) June 27, 2018
Keep an eye on our blog to find out about future events. In the meantime, you can top up yesterday’s event with a Q&A we did with Kate a couple of weeks back. Read it here.
Who’s Reporting Africa Now is published by Peter Lang. You can get a copy here.
