http://memeburn.com/2010/04/citizen-journalism-to-shake-up-sa/ Tech-savvy insight and analysis Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://memeburn.com/2010/04/citizen-journalism-to-shake-up-sa/comment-page-1/#comment-16329 Justin Arenstein Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:53:01 +0000 http://memeburn.com/?p=2395#comment-16329 This is an interesting experiment, Elvira. This kinda sounds like a cadet programme though, with the most promising CJs motivated by a potential career path into professional journalism. If so, it is a model used by many rural African media who recruit 'raw' aspiring journos as either grassroots runners or stringers to report on hyper-local affairs. The best of these grassroots stringers win further training & tools / resources, and often grow into 'professional' fulltime journalists. In fact, some high-profile and senior SA journalists on newspapers such as Sunday Times, City Press, M&G, etc, started out as grassroots stringers. Similar case studies can be found throughout southern Africa. If Grocotts is creating a formal toolkit & methodology for nurturing & mentoring these kinds of people, your project will have the potential to impact hundreds of people. This is an interesting experiment, Elvira. This kinda sounds like a cadet programme though, with the most promising CJs motivated by a potential career path into professional journalism. If so, it is a model used by many rural African media who recruit 'raw' aspiring journos as either grassroots runners or stringers to report on hyper-local affairs. The best of these grassroots stringers win further training & tools / resources, and often grow into 'professional' fulltime journalists. In fact, some high-profile and senior SA journalists on newspapers such as Sunday Times, City Press, M&G, etc, started out as grassroots stringers. Similar case studies can be found throughout southern Africa. If Grocotts is creating a formal toolkit & methodology for nurturing & mentoring these kinds of people, your project will have the potential to impact hundreds of people.

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