frayintermedia» Poverty

Covering Poverty and Food Security, 22-23 April, Jhb

tvanwyk — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:31:36 +0000

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 on Monday and Tuesday 22-23 March in Dunkeld West, Johannesburg.

Press Ombudsman Joe Thloloe at a 2008 public Journalism Dialogue on media and poverty

tvanwyk — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:00:18 +0000

Malawi and Botswana workshops fully subscribed

tvanwyk — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:54:57 +0000

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.

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

tvanwyk — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:59:10 +0000

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

Lusaka, 10-11 Nov 2009: Covering Poverty, Food Security and Social Protection

tvanwyk — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:35:14 +0000

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.

Does the media ignore the plight of the poor?

frayintermedia — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:41:00 +0000

The Journalism Dialogues come to East London The Frere Hospital baby deaths scandal raised awareness about the huge challenges faced by under-serviced parts of the country such as the Eastern Cape. What is the role of the media in highlighting the stories affecting the poor? Do media focus on the affluent in a bid to [...]