Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

Posting a post from Ethan Zucker about Web 2.0fordev Conference in Rome where I spoke on online training for journalists - Kwami Ahiabenu, II from the International Institute for ICT in Journalism (PenPlusBytes) in Accra, Ghana, makes a persuasive case for the importance of basic tools in online education. His team offers free online trainings for journalists on how to incorporate IT into their journalistic practice and better use IT tools for reporting. The courses are offered via email, and while they encourage the use of fairly complex online tools, they’re accessible to anyone who can participate in the email lists, which helps explain their popularity with users throughout Africa, and as far away as Bangladesh and Australia. see full post at http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/09/28/if-theyre-speaking-italian/

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At the recent Web 2.0 workshop for editors , met the Deputy of Daily Graphic he had this great idea: ensuring all journalists create personal blog and it would be mandatory for them to post all their stories they write for the Graphic. this personal blog posting becomes a one stop shop for monitoring quality and quantity of stories over any given period of time. This is a cool idea because currently not all stories make it to the graphic website, so the blogs would cover this gap

The International Institue of Journalism (penplusbytes) and Ghana Journalists Association with the suppport of the French Embassy in Accra is organsing a two day workshop for Twenty (20) Editors, Senior Journalists and Journalism Educators in Accra. The workshop which runs from 10th to 11th October 2007 is being held under the theme: Improving the Quality of Journalism;Using Web 2.0 Trainers at the workshop Kwami Ahiabenu,II of penplusbytes.net Prince Deh of GINKS Emmanuel.K.Bensah II of Ghana Journalists ICT Association

Blogging: The Ghanaian journalist's experience There are few bloggers in Ghana, including some few committed journalists who are proud to flaunt their newly acquired competence in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) publicly. They comprise Emmanuel Bensah, a web journalist with the Third World Network, Isaac Tetteh of Radio Gold, Enoch Darfoh Frimpong of the Daily Graphic and Rayborn Bulley of Radio Ghana. Mr Bensah is currently the acting President of the Ghana Association of Journalists in ICT who seizes every opportunity to promote blogging. His blogs, which goes by the addresses: http://ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com and http://ekbensah.blogspot.com . The first blog seeks to chronicle his trials and tribulations (perspectives, queries, worries) of living and working in Ghana, with a very critical and irreverent analysis of life in Ghana whilst the other looks at general issues affecting his life, but which cuts across EVERY INDIVIDUAL, with some slant that goes ...