Comments on: The Guardian’s Katine project: development journalism and Uganda

By: Freedom of the Press (2): | The Fragment

Freedom of the Press (2): | The Fragment — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:56:52 +0000

[...] These bloggers, from what I’ve read so far, write genuinely critical and incisive pieces. This piece touches on “development journalism” in Uganda and is well worth taking a look. In [...]

By: Ben Parker

Ben Parker — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:03:02 +0000

It’s hard doing development and it’s hard doing development and humanitarian journalism.

For Uganda we tried “diaries” which allowed us to return to the same set of people and see how they were doing as northern Uganda seemed on the way to peace. Following people over time and not just mugging them for a quote is perhaps the most satisfying part. We felt a bit invested in Esther’s CD4 count (one of our “diarists” (who of course are mediated now through Ugandan journalists))

http://www.irinnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?ReportId=73956

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By: Journalism of people, not numbers « Contraflows

Journalism of people, not numbers « Contraflows — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:15:09 +0000

[...] development journalism is to write stories about people, not about numbers, reports Laura Oliver on journalism.co.uk: “The tone is changing and becoming more people-centred [in the Ugandan media]. For example, [...]

By: Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director » Blog Archive » Can journalism DO Development? The Guardian bares all on Katine

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:26:35 +0000

[...] Laura Oliver’s account of the seminar at journalism.co.uk addthis_url = [...]

By: The Guardian in Katine: An analysis | Dave Lee / jBlog

The Guardian in Katine: An analysis | Dave Lee / jBlog — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:18:29 +0000

[...] of the success of the Katine project from Charlies Beckett (Director of Polis) and also from Journalism.co.uk’s Laura Oliver. Share this [...]