This page brings together all the stories on Africa that have been featured on the Media Channel, with links to related pages and other resources you might find useful.

Articles 1 to 15 of 29 (with the most recent first)
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Broadcasting Peace And Persuasion
Can radio influence a peace process? Ijeoma Okoli reports on STAR Radio in Liberia and the broadcasts of the U.S. Army's Psychological Operators.
From Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, 24 January 2001.
> also about: Liberia, United States, Audience, Freedom of Expression, Policy/Law Radio

Kenyan Youth Take Pictures
In Nairobi's slums, children are taking photos. Through their Web site www.piac.org/childseye/kenya/index.html and a joint project with other urban kids worldwide, they hope to bring attention to the pain and poverty around them, reports Philip Ngunjiri.
From The Black World Today, 8 January 2001.
> also about: Kenya, East Africa, Access, Children Multimedia/Internet

A Journalist In Africa
Mary Kay Magistad reviews "Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda," Scott Peterson's account of his years covering East Africa as a journalist and photographer.
From BlueEar.com, 7 January 2001.
> also about: Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, East Africa, News Coverage Books

From Our Readers: Top Media Stories Of 2000
From India to Australia, the Philippines to the U.S.A., MediaChannel advisors and readers respond to News Dissector Danny Schechter with their own picks for the top media stories of the year.
From The Media Channel, 3 January 2001.
> also about: Australia, Ireland, Peru, Philippines, Europe, Business, Cultural Impacts, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage, Politics, Technology Multimedia/Internet

AIDS And Media's Duty
How can the media improve coverage of the medical, social and economic crisis of AIDS? A special report for World AIDS Day, December 1.
From The Media Channel, 29 November 2000.
> also about: United States, Asia and the Pacific, Credibility/Accuracy, Cultural Impacts, Education News Coverage

The Media Response
Media response is hardly in keeping with the grave threat of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. News Dissector Danny Schechter asks the media: What's gone wrong, and how can we fix it?
From The Media Channel, 29 November 2000.
> also about: Children, Credibility/Accuracy, Cultural Impacts, Education News Coverage

News Of The Voiceless
A news agency led by missionaries is bringing much-needed attention to communities abandoned by an indifferent world press.
From The Media Channel, 29 November 2000.
> also about: Latin America & Caribbean, South Asia, Access, News Coverage, Technology Multimedia/Internet

Belated Response To Africa's Peril
Until AIDS was declared a national security threat to the United States, it struggled to get any attention in the press, writes Anup Shah. How many lives could have been saved if the urgency was underscored earlier?
From Global Issues, 5 November 2000.
> also about: United States, Activism, Cultural Impacts, News Coverage Policy/Law

Democracy Online
As elections take place this month in Colombia, Kosovo, the United States and across Africa, MediaChannel affiliates explore how the digital revolution is changing politics, from grassroots to government.
From The Media Channel, 1 November 2000.
> also about: United Kingdom, United States, Southern Africa, Access, Business, News Coverage, Politics, Technology Multimedia/Internet

The New Global Oppression
With world power in the hands of a few, the global media stifle culture, dissent and freedom to ensure that the Third World remains behind. Dr. Nawal el Saadawi warns of the "new colonialism."
From The Media Channel, 25 October 2000.

The New Global Oppression
With world power in the hands of a few, the global media stifle culture, dissent and freedom to ensure that the Third World remains behind. Dr. Nawal el Saadawi warns of the "new colonialism."
From The Media Channel, 25 October 2000.
> also about: Egypt, Access, Advertising/Commerce, Audience, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, Freedom of Expression, Politics, Radio Television

Missed Opportunities
What is it about globalization that seems to limit, if not undercut, a more progressive media? Media Channel News Dissector Danny Schechter raises the question after returning from South Africa.
From The Media Channel, 26 July 2000.
> also about: Access, Activism, Business, Cultural Impacts, Diversity Policy/Law

Covering AIDS Coverage
AIDS has been in the news a great deal recently in connection with this month's 13th International AIDS Conference in South Africa. MediaChannel News Dissector Danny Schechter, who covered the event, asks if the coverage will continue now that the conference is over.
From The Media Channel, 19 July 2000.
> also about: South Africa, Credibility/Accuracy, Cultural Impacts News Coverage

Radio That Moves Africa
In Burundi, radio is more popular than newspapers and TV. In neighboring Rwanda it was radio journalism that helped direct the Tutsi slaughter. For these reasons, Burundi's collaborative Studio Ijambo is among Africa's crucial broadcast outposts.
From In These Times magazine, 26 June 2000.
> also about: Burundi, Rwanda, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, Freedom of Expression, News Coverage, Politics Radio

Re-Imagining Media
What emerges when religion writers, hip-hop visionaries and media critics gather to discuss crises that define our era of information overload? A provocative and insightful challenge to the propositions of manufactured life. In text and audio, MediaChannel brings highlights.
From The Media Channel, 21 June 2000.
> also about: Europe, North America, Asia and the Pacific, South America, Access, Cultural Impacts, Diversity, Education, Freedom of Expression Multimedia/Internet

"Dark Continent" Still Dark
A Pulitzer for Mark Schoofs' Village Voice series "AIDS: The Agony of Africa" and controversial comments by South African President Thabo Mbeki put AIDS into the headlines of the U.S. press— but are they still getting the story wrong?
From TomPaine.com, 26 May 2000.
> also about: United States, Audience, Cultural Impacts, News Coverage Policy/Law

 




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