Are we a nation of violent drinkers? Soul City launches Phuza Wize

Whatever your answer, the available research paints a horrifying picture:
More than half of the victims of non-fatal and fatal violence test positive for alcohol in urban areas. Most violence-related deaths occur on Saturdays and Sundays, when binge drinking is common. Binge drinking is defined as having 5 or more drinks in a day. Alcohol is [...]

Research scientists translating to ordinary mortals

There are scientists in Southern Africa doing incredible, ground-breaking research, but their work doesn’t get into the media because scientists talk in their own language – which journalists don’t usually understand.
 To help scientists get their work into the public domain, frayintermedia will present a morning session to scientists at a workshop in Gaborone on March [...]

Newspapers learning in community

How can small community newspapers and magazines be made viable? Delegates from several provinces, sponsored by the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), will be pooling their experiences and ideal solutions at a two-day workshop.
 frayintermedia’s Michael Schmidt will be a speaker at the forum for community media on February 11 and 12, convened by the [...]

Training government journalists – being fair, accurate and balanced

frayintermedia’s Michael Schmidt conducted a two-day workshop on “Online to print” for government journalists on February 4 and 5.
GCIS, the Government Communication Information System, approached frayintermedia to provide training to a group of their journalists who work for BuaNews, the Government news agency. These journalists work mostly online, but needed to acquire skills in writing [...]

Jan – Feb 2010 communication offer to NGO’s

Looking to improve your written communication with stakeholders? We offer a turnkey service to produce brochures, “Year in Review” booklets, annual reports and NGO profiles.

Getting the message across during the Soccer World Cup

frayintermedia will conduct a two-day media skills programme for GTZ in January 2010, including practical coaching on being interviewed for radio and television.
The massive global media coverage South Africa will receive during the 2010 Soccer World Cup will shape the world’s perceptions of the country and the continent with a lasting effect. Over a billion [...]

Malawi and Botswana workshops fully subscribed

The two-day Gaborone and Lilongwe January 2010 training workshops on “Covering Poverty, Food Security and Social Protection” are fully subscribed. Prizes will be offered to the best report on the topic by participants in each country.

Mentoring staff at Alexandra community newspaper

In June 2009 the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) commissioned frayintermedia to provide turnkey training and mentoring to the staff of Alex Pioneer, a start-up newspaper serving the Alexandra community.
We gave the staff of Alex Pioneer an intensive, week-long course on editorial and business skills. The training was followed by a five-month mentoring [...]

Reporting the Pan African Parliament

On behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and the Pan African Parliament, frayintermedia conducted a half-day training course on 6 November 2009 for journalists covering the First Ordinary Session of the Second Pan African Parliament.
The training looked at the role of journalists in a democracy and approaches to parliamentary reporting. Its prime [...]

Dar es Salaam, 24-25 Nov 2009: Covering Poverty, Food Security and Social Protection

The second workshop in this series from RHVP is in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, on Tuesday and Wednesday 24-25 November 2009.

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