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WELCOME TO KENYA MEDIA WEEK 2019
WELCOME TO KENYA MEDIA WEEK 2019

WELCOME TO KENYA MEDIA WEEK 2019

Simon Gicia August 9, 2019

NEW VOICES, EXPANDING SPACES, FUNDING POSSIBILITIES

#MEDIAMATTERSKE  #KENYAMEDIAWEEK2019

Welcome to the second edition of the Kenya Media Week.

Media Focus on Africa, Mobile Journalism Africa and the National Endowment for Democracy are delighted to bring to you this years’ edition of the Kenya Media Week conference. We continue to explore current and emerging trends in digital innovations for journalism. The conference is keen to hear from new voices in journalism. Our intention is to foster collaborations that could promote public interest journalism through digital platforms.

THE CHALLENGE

We are seeking solutions to improving and promoting public interest journalism and especially investigative journalism.The main question is: whether non-profit digital news platforms are the alternative for in depth, authoritative, and investigative coverage of matters of great public interest in Kenya?

THEMATIC AREAS

During the three days, our conversations will explore the following:

– Day 1: Digital innovations for journalism

– Day 2: Emerging professions in digital media and

– Day 3: Ideologies propagated in the digital space

ENGAGE

This conference is a safe space for journalists and media practitioners to debate and critique current models for the media in order to innovate for the future of journalism.This conference has a robust social media coverage plan. Join us on #MediaMattersKE  #KenyaMediaWeek2019. Follow us on Twitter @Media_Focus and on Facebook @MediaFocusonAfrica. Let’s Tweet our way to a free press!

CONNECT

We are coming to the end of the year, a perfect time to meet your colleagues in the media, make new contacts and get ground breaking ideas to implement next year.Learn. Get inspired. Go out and make a difference in your media organization. Join us from November 20th to 22nd.We hope you will enjoy the experience. Let’s work together in supporting journalism and a free press!

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Starting now. Kindly join usLink: us02web.zoom.us/j/83566383085?pwd=akNoSmpmM0NRZ2NYQXh3SVNOR05FZz09Meeting ID: 835 6638 3085Passcode: 721308#SheCanLead #electionske2022 #equalitymatters #CFLIWest Pokot & Nyandarua Counties Battle on for Gender Balance in Elective PoliticsJoin the #WomenConnect conversation this Friday, 1-2pm.Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/83566383085?pwd=akNoSmpmM0NRZ2NYQXh3SVNOR05FZz09Meeting ID: 835 6638 3085Passcode: 721308Compared to ‘Kikuyu’ Counties of Nyeri, Kiambu and Murang’a, Nyandarua County has never elected a woman MP. Since 2013, it has only elected 1 woman MCA. Why has Nyandarua done poorly in electing women, what is the remedy and how are the current women aspirants positioning themselves to win?The Speaker of West Pokot’s County Assembly is a woman, one of only 4 in Kenya and the only one in the entire North Rift. Has her senior position helped make it easier for the Pokot Community to relate to women leadership?OPEN TO ALL, SHARE WIDELY#SheCanLead #ElectionsKE2022 #EqualityMatters #CFLIJuma Tj Tom Harrison Manga Ndomo Frenny Jowi CRAWN Trust FIDA-Kenya UN Women Women's Empowerment Link (The Official WEL Page) Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) Eliza Mwangi Wanjiku Muthanwa, GETA Ward MCA 2022 ... See MoreSee Less

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