THE International Institute of ICT Journalism, Penplusbytes, a leading pan-African, not for profit organisation is taking staff of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) through a structured capacity building strategy in the application of new digital technologies at the New Media Hub in Accra, Ghana.
The participants of the 11-day programme will be taken through topics such as Online Journalism and Research, Using social media as news source, storytelling and research, Computer Assisted Journalism, User Content Generation, Writing for the web and Building your presence online by Penplusbytes’ unique new digital technologies pool of experts and mentors who have proven capacity to deliver world class training.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Kwami Ahiabenu, II, President of Penplusbytes, noted that: “The use of new digital technologies is rapidly rising in Ghana with journalists and news media being offered unlimited opportunities to enhancing the quality of their stories while interacting better with audiences who are now gradually migrating from traditional news channels mediums to new ones such as mobile, online and social media. The implementation of this project, therefore, is in light of these exciting new developments.”
With the key objective of improving the quality of programme content as well as interactions with viewership on the channel by actively making use of new digital technologies, the 11-day capacity building initiative, will draw the participation of 45 Television (GTV) newsroom team members who will be looking to improve on the quality of their journalism while delivering high quality interactive content to their audience, he stated.
The detailed design of the programme which is funded by the Voice of America (VOA), with intentions to support its partner in Ghana, Ghana Television (GTV), includes training for 3 classes of 15 participants each over the following dates: Class 1, 23rd – 25th September 2014; Class 2, 26th, 29th – 30th September 2014 and Class 3, 1st – 3rd October 2014.
Present during a short opening ceremony on day one of the training were Mrs Joyce Ngoh, Director, Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) / Voice of America (VOA) W. Africa Office of Strategy and Development, Major Albert Don-Chebe (retd), Director – General, GBC and Betty Apau-Opong, Acting director of Television, GBC.
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