On Monday, a group of African journalists arrived in Accra, Ghana for a 10-day Revenue Watch workshop to strengthen their knowledge and skills for reporting on oil, gas and mining. The participants, seven Ghanaians and seven Ugandans, working for newspapers, magazines, radio and TV, are the second class in RWI’s media training program.They were selected for their track record as journalists with a demonstrated interest in some aspect of oil, gas and mining. The workshop, which runs until 26…See More

As Liberians go to the polls on 11 October 2011 to select a new president, members of senate and house of representatives, African Election Project (AEP) www.africanelections.org is providing leadership in the use of information and communication technologies(ICT) to cover this landmark elections under its Liberia Incidence Monitoring Platform” project www.myliberiawins.org.The ICT based…See More

Dear JournalistsIf you work for Daily Newspapers of any newspaper, in any part of the world, may i request you to avail this opportunity to apply for the award meant to recognize good work on the theme announced each year.theme: CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTIONaward: USD 11,000/ and citation for the winner10 merit awardseligibility: Journalists working in daily newspaper, entries from teams, work published in the year 2010 ( 1st Jan- 31st Dec)selection: online application, judging by panel of…See More

The 15th Highway Africa Conference is underway at Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), South Africa. For fifteen years the Highway Africa conference has been at the centre of Africa's debates on journalism and new media. The conference has over the years become the largest annual gathering of African journalists in the world.At this year's event, journalists who have innovatively applied the evolving New Media within the context of Africa's media will receive awards at the 11th…See More