26th to 27th September at Grand Bassam, Cote d' Ivoire
9th to 10th October at Accra, Ghana
19TH to 19th November, Conakry, Guinea
INTRODUCTION
The International Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Journalism - Penplusbytes, in collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association , REPPRELCI (Réseau de Professionnels de la presse en Ligne de Côte d'Ivoire and other key partners with support from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is organizing two sets of training for Ghana and Cote d'lvoire.
This training workshop is in line with the vision of ensuring the media is empowered to provide high quality coverage of the upcoming Ghana's and Cote d'lvoire elections using ICTs.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
1. Print
2. TV
3. Radio
4.Community Radios
5. Online
Workshop Content
- The Electoral System -legal, constitutional, processes, supervision,
monitoring and observation
- Excellence in Elections coverage - pre, during and post periods:
- Use of ICTs in Elections content generation, publishing and monitoring
Facilitators
Local and International experts are expected to facilitate this
important workshop providing insight both from theoretical and practical
aspects of elections coverage.
Workshop Segments
1. Online segment
2. Face to Face Segment
3. Online Segment
Course Delivery
- Maximum use of Interactive presentations
- Course Work
- Group Discussion
- Hands on
SEGMENT ONE - ONLINE PHASE
- Seek to serve as an introduction to the course
- Assess the level of ICTs skills of participants
- Provides an opportunity for participants to play with online tools especially blogging
SEGMENT TWO - FACE TO FACE
DAY ONE F2F
Part One
- Opening Ceremony and launch
- Introduction of Participants
- Learning objectives and learning Contract
Cocoa Break
Part Two
- The Electoral System - History, legal and constitutional
- The Electoral System -processes and supervision,
monitoring and observation
- The Electoral System - monitoring and observation
- Group Work and Discussions
Lunch
Part Three
- Excellence in Elections coverage - pre, during and post periods
- The role of investigative reporting in Election coverage
F GROUP WORK ON KEY INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS TO REPORTING:
o potential electoral frauds in order to be accurate, effective and preserve peace in electoral period (during elections process and post election process)
o Follow-up of the deliberation process at the electoral commission (during elections process)
o Candidates' campaign accounts follow-up (post election process)
§ GROUP DISCUSSION ON:
· Ethical issues to care for, while investigating in electoral period
- Group Work and Discussions
Part Four
- introduction to PENPLUSBYTES/OSIWA Elections Project
DAY TWO F2F
PART ONE
- Recall of day one and review of learning objectives
- Introduction to ICT Journalism
- Convergence
Cocoa Break
PART TWO
- Introduction to the Use of ICTs in Elections content generation, publishing and monitoring
- Tools of our trade – video and video blogging
- Tools of our trade – online photos and audio
LUNCH
PART THREE
- Tools of our Trade – online tools – websites, blogs and Mapping
- Tools of our Trade - mobile journalism – SMS
- Group Work and Discussion
PART THREE
- PENPLUSBYTES/OSIWA newsroom Project
- Course Evaluation and distribution of certificates
- Conclusion
SEGMENT THREE - ONLINE
- follow up
- monitor online content of participants
- review post elections issues
- Peer Assist
Ends
Contact
No comments:
Post a Comment