[eccr] The Soul Beat - 27 - The Use of Print Media

>The Soul Beat - Issue 27 - The Use of Print Media
>October 27 2004
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>from the SOUL BEAT AFRICA partnership - Soul City and The Communication 
>Initiative - Africa editorial and network partner SANGONeT
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>...African choices...critical voices...crossing borders...African stories...
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>This issue of The Soul Beat focuses on experiences and information on the 
>use of print media from the Soul Beat Africa network. If you would like to 
>contribute your experiences or information, please e-mail Deborah Walter 
>(dwalter /at/ comminit.com)
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>EXPERIENCES
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences.html
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>1. Ten Million Hero Book Project (10MhbP) - Sub-Saharan Africa
>Facilitates child-produced material to promote development and training, 
>information sharing, collaborative research and advocacy. The children 
>create their own books, authoring, editing and illustrating and tackling 
>in each Hero Book a central issue of self-empowerment. The project aims to 
>reach ten million children facing difficult circumstances by 2010 and it 
>forms part of the capacity building and materials development programme of 
>the 10 Million Memory Project (10MMP).
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds82004/experiences-2660.html
>Contact Jonathan Morgan (jonathan /at/ 10mmp.org)
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>2. The Big Issue - Namibia
>A magazine project that aims to empower the homeless. It publishes news 
>and general interest features, seeking to inform and entertain while 
>promoting social change. It campaigns on behalf of the homeless, providing 
>employment and a voice for their views. The Big Issue, Namibia is a member 
>of an international network of street papers and follows the model of more 
>than 50 other street papers around the world.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds82004/experiences-2635.html
>Contact Sarah Taylor (edbigissue /at/ iway.na)
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>3. African Woman and Child Feature Service (AWCFS) - Africa
>A media organisation based in Nairobi which aims to mainstream gender for 
>development through the media, and promote the voices of women and 
>children in the media. Feature stories are written in English and 
>Kiswahili which are published in the mainstream media locally and 
>internationally and published online. AWCFS produces conference 
>newspapers, which highlight the voices of African women, and has developed 
>a training manual for reporting HIV/AIDS from a gender perspective.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds102004/experiences-2677.html
>Contact Rosemary Okello-Orlale (awcin /at/ kenyaonline.com)
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>4. Digital Bookmobile - Uganda
>This project uses print-on-demand technology to distribute books to people 
>of all reading levels in Uganda, including children affected by war. A 
>Bookmobile travels to rural villages, where children and adults can select 
>books from a digital database and participate in the printing and binding 
>process. The project aims to boost reading levels and adult literacy, 
>publish in indigenous languages, circulate teaching materials and create jobs.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds62004/experiences-2579.html
>Contact Richard Koman (richard /at/ anywherebooks.org)
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>5. Echonews-Schools - Nigeria
>Echonews-Schools Edition is a newspaper that circulates free of charge in 
>500 secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is a community newspaper 
>project that aims to restore community journalism to Nigerian youth. The 
>students write newspaper stories about happenings in their school.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/experiences/pds62004/experiences-2580.html
>Contact Kehinde Bamigbetan (bamigbetan /at/ yahoo.co.uk) or (echonews1111 /at/ yahoo.co.uk)
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>Seeking editors, calling for articles
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>The Lazarus Foundation is currently seeking to hire five regional African 
>editors, to contribute to its HIV/AIDS website: http://www.hivafrica.org 
>Editors will work as volunteers for the first year, but will have travel 
>benefits for conferences and meetings. People living with HIV/AIDS are 
>also encouraged to send articles they wish to publish directly to the 
>editor of the foundation, (editor /at/ hivafrica.org)
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>EVALUATIONS
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/evaluations.html
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>6. Evaluation of Soul City Series 5: Focusing on the Distribution & Use of 
>the Booklets
>This 24-page report publishes findings of an evaluation of the print 
>component of the fifth series of Soul City multimedia health project, in 
>South Africa. The evaluation aimed to assess the distribution and usage of 
>the Soul City booklets and explore qualitatively the impact of the series 
>on HIV/AIDS and rape.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/evaluations/evaluations2004/evaluations-6.html
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>7. Eish! Thandi Breaks Her Silence: An Evaluation of the Power of the 
>Comic as an Element of an HIV/AIDS Communication Strategy
>This 33-slide Powerpoint presentation summarises an evaluation of the 
>South African series, eKasi comics. Research was carried out on 89 
>respondents, using focus group discussions with both educators and 
>learners. There was a thematic analysis of the comics, a review of letters 
>sent to eKasi offices and an analysis of data. The presentation reports on 
>participants ' attitudes and perceptions to topics covered in the comics.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/evaluations/evaluations2004/evaluations-7.html
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>"In the Wake of War", the story of Burundi's struggle to emerge from 10 
>years of civil war, premiers Thursday, October 28 on BBC World. The 
>30-minute broadcast, part of the BBC World series "Life", explores the 
>role that economic development can play in diffusing conflict and building 
>long-term peace in one of the world's most violent regions.  For more 
>about the film visit http://www.ifad.org/inthewakeofwar
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>EVENTS
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/events.html
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>8. Conceptualising the AIDS Museum Conference - Nov 1-2 2004 - 
>Johannesburg, South Africa
>This conference aims to gather expertise, opinion and insight to 
>contribute towards the development of an AIDS museum, to be based in 
>Johannesburg, South Africa. Participants are welcome from a variety of 
>disciplines, associated communities, and media channels. The AIDS museum 
>will aim to contribute towards documenting the history of the epidemic, in 
>diverse media, aiming to empower affected and infected communities for the 
>future.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/events_calendar/2004-events/events-3149.html
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>9. The Nairobi International Poetry Festival - Mar 21-23 2005 - Nairobi, 
>Kenya
>This festival will host poetry performances and readings by renowned poets 
>from Africa and elsewhere. Poetry readings and open mic sessions will be 
>held in different venues in Nairobi. Selected authors will then collate a 
>thematic book volume to be published in 2006, titled "Poetry Against Aids: 
>Voices from the World". The festival proceedings will also be published.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/events_calendar/2005-events/events-3133.html
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>MATERIALS
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials.html
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>10. Postive Nation Nigeria
>This monthly health magazine focuses on news stories on HIV/AIDS and 
>sexually transmitted infections in Africa and Nigeria in particular. It 
>also provides information about research updates, conferences and 
>seminars, community activities, and articles. This publication will also 
>highlight activities of stakeholders involved in advocating around 
>HIV/AIDS issues.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials/ma2004/materials-1861.html
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>11. Do-Look-Think-Learn Developing Materials for Popular Education: An 
>Insight From Voter Education
>This publication tells a story of the development and evaluation of a 
>package of materials for voter educators in South Africa. It shares the 
>experiences of those who produced the package, as well as the responses of 
>voter educators and other materials developers to it.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials/ma2004/materials-1786.html
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>12. Trendsetters
>A monthly sexual reproductive health newspaper written and published by 
>young people for young Zambians from 15-25. Trendsetters was started to 
>share information about life skills in order to help young Zambians adopt 
>safer sexual behaviour and thereby lower the incidence of unplanned 
>pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials/ma2003/materials-1740.html
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>13. Nobody Ever Said AIDS: Poems & Stories from Southern Africa
>Compiled by Nobantu Rasebotsa, Meg Samuelson, and Kylie Thomas
>This anthology showcases twenty stories and twenty-four poems collected 
>from forty-two southern African writers about HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. 
>The publisher, Kwela Books, requested writers to submit writing and over 
>two years, collected, selected and published this anthology. The writers 
>come all walks of life, and are of different ages.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/materials/ma2004/materials-1854.html
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>AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/awards2004.html
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>14. Print Media Awards
>The Awards from the International Reading Association (IRA) recognises 
>outstanding reporting in newspapers, magazines, and wire services. Entries 
>may include in-depth studies of reading instruction, discussion of 
>research, or ongoing coverage of reading programmes in the community. The 
>contest is limited to professional journalists. Deadline: January 7 2005
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/awards2005/awards2005/awards-952.html
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>15. Steve Biko Scholarships
>Scholarships for African journalists, which honour the memory of Steve 
>Biko as activist and writer, administered by the Institute for the 
>Advancement of Journalism (IAJ), in South Africa. This scholarship aims to 
>help develop a democratic culture of vigorous and independent journalism 
>in Africa and to foster a stronger working relationship among African 
>journalists. Deadline: July - annually
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/awards2005/scholarships2005/awards-982.html
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>LINKS
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/links.html
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>16. Health Information Project (HIP)
>- a multimedia sexual health information project including FEMINA and Si 
>Mchezo! magazines.
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/links/linksngos/links-1438.html
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>17. African Journals Online
>- abstracts of African journals
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/links/linksacademic/links-1191.html
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>18. Aids Teaching
>- illustrated children's books in English and French relating to HIV/AIDS 
>and death with teacher's guidance
>http://www.comminit.com/africa/links/linksacademic/links-1192.html
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>This issue was written by Estelle Jobson.
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>The Soul Beat is a partnership between:
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>Soul City and its partners - The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Development 
>Cooperation Ireland, European Union, DFID, and BP
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>and The Communication Initiative Partnership - BBC World Service Trust, 
>Bernard van Leer Foundation, CFSC Consortium, The CHANGE Project, CIDA, 
>DFID, Exchange, FAO, Ford Foundation, Johns Hopkins University Center for 
>Communication Programs, OneWorld, The Panos Institute, PCI, The 
>Rockefeller Foundation, Soul City, The Synergy Project, UNAIDS, UNICEF, 
>USAID, WHO.
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>The Soul Beat seeks to cover the full range of communication for 
>development activities. Inclusion of an item does not imply endorsement or 
>support by The Partners.
>
>Please send material for The Soul Beat to the Editor - Deborah Walter 
>(dwalter /at/ comminit.com)

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