Reporting 2.0: New technologies and local media talent change how we monitor water and sanitation
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Ghana
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Reporting 2.0: New technologies and local media talent change how we monitor water and sanitation
Describe Your Idea
Innovation
What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?
Can local journalists equipped with smart phones help improve accountability and transparency in development aid? This pilot project uses journalism as a tool for independent reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Ghana.
Diarrhoea, a disease largely attributable to unsafe water and poor hygiene, contributes to the high child mortality rate in Ghana . An estimated 3.4 million school days of 5 to 14 year olds are lost to diarrhoea. One in 5 Ghanaians has to defecate in the open because they have no access to a toilet. Helping to improve this situation are over 50 local and international organizations active in the water and sanitation sector.
Local communities often don’t know what is happening in the development sector. The aim of the project is to engage local media talent in the monitoring and evaluation of water and sanitation projects in their area. Secondly, implementing agencies are increasingly required by their funders to show positive impact. However, few publish independent monitoring and evaluation reports. They may not have the resources to do so or they may be afraid of negative publicity. Rather, communication efforts mostly come from the project itself. Community journalists can fill the gap with independent [video] reports on water, sanitation and hygiene projects.
The project will support the local capacity of selected journalists to evaluate WASH using local and international expertise through trainings lead by:
• A local NGO in Ghana,
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre on monitoring and evaluation, and
• A media partner in the Netherlands active in Africa.
Replication will be enabled through the development of a detailed open community toolkit on planning, training, and communication strategy development..
Impact
What will be the impact of your idea?
A start-up media workshop will train 8 local journalists on reporting techniques and WASH issues. The reporters - equipped with smart phone, GPRS internet access and bluetooth keyboards - will publish their stories online on www.irc.nl and a dedicated YouTube channel. A community toolkit/portal will be set up which allows commenting and sharing of materials. A joint project communication strategy will be formulated and regular press conferences will be organized for local media and sector organizations. Reports will be sent to local media: radio, newspapers and television. News compilations will be presented in local communities and media events.
This project introduces local journalists as fresh and independent voices in monitoring and evaluation. It will generate new methods and techniques to improve transparency and awareness in the WASH and development sectors.
Local and international video presentations, discussions and press conferences are used to bridge connectivity and language divides.
A community toolkit/portal documents project experiences and allows rich interaction from outside the project.
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People: We are looking for ideas from people who can make them happen.
Nick Dickinson and Cor Dietvorst of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (Netherlands). IRC is an independent knowledge centre on WASH and integrated water resources management in the context of development cooperation. Nick has an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from Oxford University. He brings together his experiences in information and communication technology, capacity building, and the WASH sector and is channeling those into the innovative communications theme at IRC. Cor i s an information specialist and editor of Source Weekly and Source South Asia, part of IRC's news service. He is a member of IRC's thematic group on Transparency and Good Governance.
Ben White, head of Commercial Development at online media company Africa Interactive - http://www.africanews.com. Ben studied International Management in Boston before working in public relations, government, IT and media consulting. He has worked in New York, Amsterdam, parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Sustainability
How much will it cost to launch your idea?
$ 320,000. Match funding to be raised through ongoing and planned projects of IRC.
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| zia505 said: This is the dream, mobile reporters across the continent reporting in real time. And it is technically possible when the proper ... about this Competition Entry. - 1089 days ago read more > |
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Comments
Good day
First of congratulations with being a finalist.
I'm really curious about the smart phones and how video will be uploaded to youtube. Will it be done using the internet connection on the smartphone? What GPRS service will have enough bandwith to do so?
Thanks, we are very excited to be a finalist.
Depending on the location the GPRS service can used to upload short videos. Alternatively journalists go to an Internet cafe. For more info see the African Voices page at: http://voicesofafrica.africanews.com/
Cor Dietvorst, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
This is the dream, mobile reporters across the continent reporting in real time. And it is technically possible when the proper infrastructure is in place, as you suggest. But it has to be said that the Internet cafe remains the most reliable option. We have to be realistic in this things and recognize the limitations in infrastructure as it exists in most countries today.
But we are making progress. For example, we recently launched AfricaNews.com, our news service for mobile phone. As part of this application we have included a 'Send Your News Tip' function. We are excited to note that we have received our first unsolicited news tip from Nigeria last week. Please feel free to try and test the service. http://m.africanews.com. You can also see our collection of mobile reports on AfricaNews.com.
As the infrastructure improves, the coming of new cable and satellite, these reporting processes will only become easier. We are really looking forward to the day that any of our journalists anywhere in African can report in text, photo and video in real time and without delay.
Hey - congrats on being a finalist. I look forward to meeting you in Miami. Hopefully we can build a lasting connection through this experience.
Cheers,
Michael
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Africa Interactive is the publisher of AfricaNews.com. We maintain a network of more than 400 African journalist, photographers, film makers in 34 African countries.
In our effort to support the development of a viable African media sector we work to link this network with organizations and projects that stand to benefit from local knowledge and perspective.
One year ago we established an office on Accra, Ghana. We have a fantastic local team that has been working to produce local stories and reports that help to bring the country, her people and stories to life. The Ghana team also works to manage the pan African network of reporters and their contributions for the AfricaNews.com website.
This proposal is a real chance for us to further develop and apply our infrastructure. Linking Africa Interactive jousrnalist with the increasingly important theme of Water and Sanitation is crucial. We see this as an important first step in developing the local reporting capabilities needed to monitor, document and report on the continent's most important and pressing issues.
You can see an example mobile report:
Ceramics crucial in waterborne disease control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2SKnvmoCE&feature=channel_page
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