For the fifth consecutive year, I've been fortunate to attend the highway Africa Conference co-hosted by Rhodes University and the South African Broadcasted Corporation (SABC). This year’s theme had ample importance for Seychelles: citizen journalism, journalism for citizen.
To what extent is journalism in our country serving the Seychellois public? Is every local journalist conscious of the classical liberal role we have to inform, educate and speak truth to the powers in our society?
To what extent is journalism in our country serving the Seychellois public? Is every local journalist conscious of the classical liberal role we have to inform, educate and speak truth to the powers in our society?
As we celebrate the year of our constitution, the theme has helped me to reflect more deeply about citizenship and belonging. Being a journalist for well over 15 years, I’m well aware how the media can be a vital force in the democratisation of Seychelles.
We tend to think that the government has monopoly of common sense in this country. Well we are wrong. For every citizen can generate creative ideas on how we can help the media to enhance social justice, democracy and development in our small beloved country.
With one of the conference's Godfathers and also the Head of Rhodes University school of Journalism and Media Studies, Professor Guy Berger.
Hailed from Zimbabwe, the man who makes it all happen, the Director of Highway Africa, Chris Kabwato.
With Philippe Couve of RFI's l'atelier des medias.
With Khaya Dlanga, South Africa's top vlogger on YouTube.
1 comments:
I've been following your involvement with Highway Africa since 2004. You've shown great commitment and dedication to the promotion of ICT in the media. I’m a regular visitor to your Seychelles Digital blog and amply missing your ICT radio magazine of the same name on the radio. I hope you can transfer the same level of energy in your new endeavour and help bring about the much needed change for our beloved Seychelles.
A. Charlette, M. Fleuri.
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