Recently, I have been following 'Voice of Africa', a website that has more than 90 African journalists reporting from 30 African countries. Mobile phone use has been explosive in Africa and many organizations are trying to harness this cell phone booms to stimulate journalism in Africa.
(taken by mobile phone by Voice of Africa reporter. 'the current situation in Kenya' )
What they are doing is to find talented young African men and women and to equip them with high tech mobile phones allowing them to make video reports and texts. It is very touching to see Africans reporting their own issues through mobile phones, even though the reports are primitive.
this is a nice concept--as technology gets cheaper, other countries can participate in journalism and cultures will participate in global communities. perhaps in the future this will give us a more accurate portrayal of our world.
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