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.
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