Poem by Sudanese author and journalist Akol Miyen Kuol.
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Just how does one make a film with only two weeks of formal training, limited mobility, limited resources, and a studio consisting of a Flip camera and a laptop?
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Despite getting robbed and losing that day's footage, I thanked God for my short time with that Flip camera. With it I had been able to tell a bit more of the African story.
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Five journalists from across Africa are now back in their home countries polishing the skills they learned during The Media Project’s pilot program on visual storytelling.
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Yvonne Chi, one of five hand-selected journalists participating in the Africa Film Project, intends to use her new skills to expand her women-focused reporting in her home country.
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Chris Khisa has been a journalist for the last 20 years in public broadcasting stations. He spent most of his years in the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation KBC.
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Nigerian journalist takes on documentaries when most reporters are starting to think about retiring.
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Gorgon Sabushimike from Burundi is a young man skilled in radio broadcasting. Gorgon emphasizes that the determination to work with various private radio stations led him to his current job.
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Liberian journalist Cedrick Kpadeh said the film workshop pushed him stop dreaming of telling stories on film and to start producing them.
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Our newspaper’s motto challenges us, always, to listen to that often-mentioned “little voice”, that inner or still voice, and to accord our actions with the Truth when we exercise editorial judgment.
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