MEDIA CHALLENGE EXPO NOVEMBER 16-18 2018
The Media Challenge Expo is the 3rd stage of The Next Gen Journalist Project whose strategic vision is to build the next generation of journalists, storytellers and leaders equipped to create change in their communities through experiential peer-peer learning, transformational training and mentorship. This year we are putting focus on creating a platform for stakeholders to discuss the complex relationship between refugees and media while equipping journalists with skills and tools to ethically and effectively report about refugee issues.
DAY1: CONFERENCE 16 NOVEMBER
Participate in riveting panel discussions with journalists, journalism students and media leaders to challenge the media coverage of refugee stories in Uganda and generate solutions to improving refugee reporting.
DAY 2: CAREER FAIR 17 NOVEMBER
A disruptive career fair approach where students walk in for interviews, live auditions and networking with our network of media house employers and learn innovative journalism skills in a series of interactive skills building workshops.
DAY 4:MOBILE NEWSROOM 18 NOVEMBER
In a race against time journalism students from each university compete against each other in a live newsroom experience to produce a news bulletin sourced from the expo events and receive feedback from judges in real time
MEDIA CHALLENGE EXPO SPEAKERS
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
Dr. Albrecht Conze
Musa Ecweru
Deborah L Malack
Mathias Kamp
Sheila Mysorekar
PANEL 1: THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN FRAMING REFUGEE NARRATIVE IN UGANDA
Jane Kasumba-UBC
Kemlin Furley
Gerald Mehnya
Adam C.Bouloukos
Dismas Nkunda
Sheila C. Kulubya
Panel 2: The Missing Voice: Integrating refugee voices into media stories
Raymond Mujuni
Ochan Hannington
Gloria Laker Aciro
Hope Mafaranga
Odong Jackson
Panel 3: World Café style: Solutions/Way Forward Break-out sessions
Duniya Aslam Khan-Communications Officer, UNHCR
Evelyn Liri, journalist Uganda
Adam Bouloukos- Refugee Council
Irene Nakasiita-Red Cross
Martin Ninsiima, Communications and Advocacy Officer, UN Women
Jan Agwang and Ruth Nagudi-Programme Managers, Media Focus on Africa
Julius Mucunguzi-Head of Communications, Office of the Prime Minister
Dismas Nkunda - Journalist and CEO, Atrocities Watch
Richard Kavuma-Public Information Officer,OM
Racheal Nakitare, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Ochan Hannington-Cordinator Cross-Border Network Uganda Editor
Alun McDonald-Head of Advocacy and Communications, Save the Children Uganda
James Akena, Photo-journalist, Reuters
Kassim Kayira, Great Lakes Bureau Chief, Azam TV
Husam Abudagga-Coordinator Forced Displacement Program World Bank
De Mark Schulze-United States Regional Refugee Coordinator for Resettlement Uganda
DAY TWO: CAREER FAIR AND TRAININGS
SKILLS BUILDING SESSIONS
1. Refugee Reporting
2. Safety and Security for Journalists
3. Investigative Journalism
4. Social Media
5.Storytelling for Change
6. Political Reporting
7. Data Journalism & Visualization
8. Science Reporting (Health, Technology and Environment)
9. Education Reporting
10. Photo journalism
11.Citizen Journalism &Multimedia Production
12. Solutions Journalism
DAY 3: THE GRAND-FINALE MOBILE NEWSROOM
Mobile Newsroom Contest
Day Three, selected teams of journalism students from each of the different universities come together to compete against each other in a live newsroom experience to produce a news bulletin sourced from the expo events and receive comments from judges. A team of multimedia journalists – photographers, writers, social media experts and radio/video experts will also work on an online multimedia story that will be published live during the Expo. Media companies witness the students’ video stories presented live on stage before a panel of judges and audience. Judges will also critique the multimedia stories, and points from this exercise will be added onto the schools’ total scores.
Mobile Newsroom Judges
MEDIA CHALLENGE EXPO PARTNERS
