Comments on: Reuters’ (and Global Voices’) new Africa coverage http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/22/reuters-and-global-voices-new-africa-coverage/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ethan http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/22/reuters-and-global-voices-new-africa-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-217682 Ethan Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:03:32 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1244#comment-217682 It's an excellent point, Sokari. I also didn't see any media coverage talking about AllAfrica.com, which has been featuring independent African media content for years, and attempting to share (meagre) profits with the media producers. I think most of the coverage focused narrowly on the idea of a mainstream media property featuring (or exploiting, as you might prefer) citizen content on their site because that's been a fairly novel move in the industry. It’s an excellent point, Sokari. I also didn’t see any media coverage talking about AllAfrica.com, which has been featuring independent African media content for years, and attempting to share (meagre) profits with the media producers. I think most of the coverage focused narrowly on the idea of a mainstream media property featuring (or exploiting, as you might prefer) citizen content on their site because that’s been a fairly novel move in the industry.

]]> By: sokari http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/22/reuters-and-global-voices-new-africa-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-217571 sokari Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:02:47 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1244#comment-217571 Its a shame that with all the discussion on media reporting on Africa that not one blog has mentioned Pambazuka News which is the frontline voice of Pan Africanism and social justice across the continent with a readership of some 500,000 in Africa and the Diaspora.Pambazuka is produced by Africans writing on African issues in the context of our struggles and history and by producing an alternative to the northern constructs of Africa. For once Africa is speaking for itself and as usual that voice is not recognised - instead we have yet another corporate giant run by white corporate media constructing African news and analysis using African writers / bloggers - a kind of media colonisation. As the blogger /writer produces the content for Reuters just as the video producers produce content for You Tube which then gets sold for billions and what do the content producers get? Nothing - if this is not exploitation and colonisation I dont know what is. It is unfortunate that an on lines News letter such as Pambazuka is completely ignored in this mass advertising of a new approach to Africa when it has had a "new approach to Africa " from the beginning. Its a shame that with all the discussion on media reporting on Africa that not one blog has mentioned Pambazuka News which is the frontline voice of Pan Africanism and social justice across the continent with a readership of some 500,000 in Africa and the Diaspora.Pambazuka is produced by Africans writing on African issues in the context of our struggles and history and by producing an alternative to the northern constructs of Africa. For once Africa is speaking for itself and as usual that voice is not recognised – instead we have yet another corporate giant run by white corporate media constructing African news and analysis using African writers / bloggers – a kind of media colonisation. As the blogger /writer produces the content for Reuters just as the video producers produce content for You Tube which then gets sold for billions and what do the content producers get? Nothing – if this is not exploitation and colonisation I dont know what is.

It is unfortunate that an on lines News letter such as Pambazuka is completely ignored in this mass advertising of a new approach to Africa when it has had a “new approach to Africa ” from the beginning.

]]> By: Jikomboe » Reuters, Global Voices Online, Blogu na Afrika http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/22/reuters-and-global-voices-new-africa-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-173578 Jikomboe » Reuters, Global Voices Online, Blogu na Afrika Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:23:35 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1244#comment-173578 [...] * Reuters’ (and Global Voices’) new Africa coverage: The inclusion of blog content on nearly every screen of the site is hugely significant for those of us involved with Global Voices. Reuters has been our largest fiscal sponsor over the past two years - we’ve been making the case that the information that comes from blogs can be a useful complement to the “hard news” reported by Reuters. The design of this site is a clear indication that Reuters Africa team “gets it”. [...] [...] * Reuters’ (and Global Voices’) new Africa coverage: The inclusion of blog content on nearly every screen of the site is hugely significant for those of us involved with Global Voices. Reuters has been our largest fiscal sponsor over the past two years – we’ve been making the case that the information that comes from blogs can be a useful complement to the “hard news” reported by Reuters. The design of this site is a clear indication that Reuters Africa team “gets it”. [...]

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