Tanzania Workshop on Covering Poverty, Food Security and Social Protection

Food riots across Africa, sparked by the global economic crisis, have made food security the continent’s most pressing issue. Is your newsroom equipped to cover the issue quickly, intelligently and in depth? Africa is home to three-quarters of the world’s “ultra-poor”. Food aid may solve their immediate hunger, but longer-term solutions are needed to bolster food security.

Sign up your journalists to the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme’s two-day training workshop. Prizes will be offered to the best report on the topic by participants in each country.

The Workshop will be held in

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November 2009 at the Protea Hotel, Seaview Ocean Road, Dar es Salaam.

Programme Day 1

Introduction to covering poverty – plus film screening
Debate with local experts on how the Tanzanian media covers poverty
Introduction to the RHVP
A deeper look into poverty in Tanzania
Field trip: Guided tour of local anti-poverty project plus interview opportunities

Programme Day 2

Review of what was learned on the field trip
Generating poverty story ideas
Turning poverty story ideas into fully fledged story concepts
Planning stories on poverty
Sourcing information on poverty and poverty interventions
Interview with RHVP expert

Sponsorships available

The first 10 journalists signed up will be fully sponsored by RHVP. Fill in the registration form and send to Obakeng Mooke at omooke@frayintermedia.com

Cost to latecomers

Any others who wish to register thereafter will be charged TZS 105,088.

Prize for best story

The RHVP will adjudicate and grant a prize of TZS 715,000 to the journalist who writes the best story published or broadcast on the topic within a month of the workshop – and his or her news organisation will receive TZS 358,000. The RHVP’s decision on the winner is final.

Aim of this workshop

Covering Poverty, Food Security & Social Protection is an RHVP initiative, funded by the United Kingdom’s development agency, UKaid, and is aimed at increasing and enhancing news media coverage of poverty and poverty policy interventions in the Southern African Development Community region.

The Workshop Programme

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The Registration Form

Please return the registration form to Obakeng Mooke on omooke@frayintermedia.com or contact her at +27 11 341 0767 to attend one of the workshops.

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