The future of journalism: — We have now edited the focus group seminar presentation by Franz Krüger on February 28th 2022, and uploaded it to the website. You can find the lecture on this link. Please also share it with your peers. In the lecture, Professor Krüger talks abut challenges […]
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Terje Skjerdal and Mulatu Alemayehu profiled at Oxford University´s Reuters Institute
As some of yoy kow, Terje and Mulatu delivered a report a few months back on the ethnification of Ethiopian journalism. That report has now gained the attention of the Reuters Institute for the study of journalism. The article is signed Benon Herbert Oluka, and is dated March 21, this […]
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Kenneth and Abit in the news: In the April paper issue of Forskerforum (Norwegian magazine for researchers about researchers), there is a 4-page long feature article about the RePast project. Kenneth and Abit receive due attention for their work. RePAST stands for “Revisiting the Past, Anticipating the Future”. It is […]
Read MoreBIG LIES & ENDLESS GRIEVANCES
Center Dialogues & Reflections <a href=”https://wp.me/PcAXj5-2c” role=”button”> Publish with us </a> <a href=”#” role=”button”> Submit article </a> <h2>Invited column</h2> The strident arguments put forward that “voter fraud” has taken place in the recent election continues to resonate with a segment of the population. What do the deniers really want? Is […]
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“Conflict resolution is a recurrent theme in East Africa. This has prompted the need for innovative ways to create lasting consensus in the region as well as across the continent. One of these innovative ways is peace journalism. It can stimulate peaceful resolution of conflict by voicing different conflicting parties […]
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Why the role of the media is so important to free and fair elections in Africa The news media is usually one of first casualties of bungled or contested elections. From the recent US elections, the UK’s Brexit vote to Zambia’s controversial 2016 presidential elections, the mainstream news media bore […]
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