Following the successful organisation of our first training from 26 November to 6 December 2012 in Nairobi, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Wayamo Communication Foundation organised a two-day retreat for journalists held on 23–24 February 2013 in Naivasha. As the presidential race entered into a crucial phase, we discussed the experiences and shared challenges faced by …
Nairobi Public Debate on Elections, Impunity and Accountability in Kenya
The interactive debate provides a range of international perspectives on issues surrounding the elections in Kenya: generalized and persistent impunity; international and local mechanisms for dealing with such impunity and the phenomenon of hate or dangerous speech. Welcoming by Dr Luis Franceschi, Dean of Strathmore Law School Opening remarks by: Samuel Kobia, Commissioner, Judicial Service Commission, Kenya Hon. Justice Mohamed …
Nairobi Editorial Forum on Elections with Kenya Editors’ Guild
IWPR and Wayamo have started in November 2012 a two-year media programme (Generating demand for accountability: A critical reporting and media monitoring project in Kenya). As Kenya enters the run up to presidential elections and the start of the four cases before the International Criminal Court, IWPR and Wayamo would like to share challenges faced by media organisations and discuss conflict-sensitive …
Nairobi Training on Conflict-Sensitive Election Reporting
As part of the IWPR/Wayamo project “Generating demand for accountability: A critical reporting and media monitoring project in Kenya,” the Wayamo Foundation conducted a series of in-house training sessions in conclifct-sensitive reporting in the lead-up to Kenya’s elections. The Wayamo ReportingKenya editorial team visited Pamoja FM in Nairobi’s Kibera Slum, Koch FM in Nairobi’s Korogocho slum, as well as Kass …
Naivasha Retreat for 20 Kenyan Sub-Editors
As part of the IWPR/Wayamo project “Generating demand for accountability: A critical reporting and media monitoring project in Kenya”,Institute for War and Peace Reporting, the Wayamo Foundation and the Kenya Editors Guild joined forces to organise several trainings for a select group of sub-editors, editors and reporters in the run-up to the elections in March 2013. While most journalists in …
Nairobi Workshop on Conflict-Sensitive and Responsible Journalism
Project description The radio and television workshop on “Conflict-sensitive and responsible journalism” was aimed at enabling Kenyan journalists working for government, privately and community owned radio and television stations to be conflict-sensitive and ethical in their reporting, and refrain from tribal bias. The media’s role is to act as the guardian of public interest and an independent watchdog, rather than …
All India Radio In Country Training Workshop
Project Justification India is often scene of communal conflicts, be it ethnic, religious, political or fight for resources. Sometimes the conflicts erupt in violent clashes that take lives and hinder the prosperity of many communities. However, there had not been enough training of journalists in responsible, sensitive conflict reporting and peace advocacy through media. This project aims to upgrade the …
Radio and Television In-House Counseling on Conflict-Sensitive Reporting
Conflict-sensitive and responsible journalism: – Countering hate speech – Reporting responsibly about the proceedings of the International Criminal Court
Conflict-sensitive and Responsible Journalism in Kenya
The International Criminal Court and a local tribunal – will Kenya ever see the complementarity principle in practice? Workshops: Reporting responsibly about the proceedings of the ICC October 5 – 7, 2011, Eldoret, Rift Valley October 12 – 14, 2011, Mombasa Media Conference October 17, 2011, Nairobi Organized by Bettina Ambach / Wayamo Communication Foundation, with the financial support of the …
Conflict-sensitive and responsible reporting in the run-up to the elections in Kenya
Retreat in Naivasha 29 – 30 June 2012, The Great Rift Valley Lodge, Naivasha, Kenya Election Reporting Reporting responsibly about the ICC process Countering hate speech Workshop 2 – 4 July 2012, Hotel Comfy, Eldoret, Kenya Organizers Bettina Ambach, Executive Director, Wayamo Communication Foundation, Joseph Roberts-Mensah, Africa Director, Wayamo Communication Foundation, with the financial support of the German Institute for …
