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Live tonight: Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army
Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV We'll be discussing whether it's the end for Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army at the Frontline Club tonight, 16 April, at 7pm GMT/11am PST. As usual, if you can't make it to the Club in person, we'll be streaming the event live on the...more
Darfur and the media attention deficit
Ethan Zuckerman asks some great questions about Darfur and media attention on his blog. I dropped a comment, but it might be worth pulling together a few threads here. The general feeling is that "attention paid to Darfur is unprecedented" - but was it? Is it? If we feed a...more
Journalism award for Uganda film
[video:google:-7506651516025190367] The RFK Memorial Journalism Award goes to HDNet for their World Report programme, "A Silent War, A Violent Peace," about Uganda's civil war. The award will be presented at the Newseum tonight, according to TVNewser, "Kira Kay and Jason Maloney risked their lives to do the Uganda story, and...more
Simon Kasyate wins Uganda journalism award
Simon Kasyate wins Uganda’s 2008 Investigative Journalist of the Year award. His winning TV feature focussed on a displaced family’s struggles to rebuild their life. Kasyate won from a field of 73 entries entered by 65 journalists. “My argument has always been that the biggest threat to media practice in...more
Making a one man documentary
Filmmaker Matt Clift talks about how he went about making a one man documentary film about an orphanage in Uganda in 2007. He details the problems he had, the equipment he used and offers a number of tips for wannabe filmmakers working in difficult environments, Where I was going...more
Matthew Green talks Kony
[video:brightcove:1420186693] West Africa Correspondent for the Financial Times and former East Africa reporter for Reuters, Matthew Green talks at the Frontline Club about General Joseph Kony and unveils hidden and forgotten layers of the bloody conflict that plagues Northern Uganda. Matthew has been getting a lot of press lately for...more
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