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The Soweto Revolt: A Case Study in Reporting Tools

Using coverage of the Soweto Riots as an example, Les Payne examines how digital technology and social media could and should co-exist with traditional investigative reporting.

A View From Within Istanbul:

Why Foreign Reporting Needs a Global Perspective

Before Tonyaa Weathersbee visited Turkey in late May, Time magazine reported the U.S. ally was poised to become a regional power player because of its improved relationship with Israel and its role in brokering a cease-fire with Kurdish rebels. While timely, the story was too narrowly focused on U.S. interests and the lack of broad reporting, Weathersbee writes, caught journalists off guard when an undercurrent of unrest rattled the nation.

African Journalists Linked to Digital and Social Media

Today, digital technology and social media are no longer options but requirements for doing business on the African continent. With WiFi and smartphone technology, journalists and advocates can move more swiftly to get the word out to the public. Wilma Randle reports from Senegal on the change and challenge in reporting for African journalists.

Challenges to Storytelling in South Sudan

Kaylois Henry, a veteran print and broadcast journalist, is showing journalists in South Sudan how to use their extensive technical training to report and shape stories for radio, noting, “They’ve been in training for years, but now they have to go out and use it and that’s quite a bit different for them.”

Control the Medium, Control the Message:

The Struggle to Plead One's Cause in the Digital Age

The technology is supposed to make it easy for anyone to tell his own story in the digital world, but Jared Ball contends the controls still remain out of reach for many, especially African Americans.

High Tech Keeps Campuses Connected

Technology now allows regional campuses in the Caribbean to create a different teaching paradigm that knows no boundaries. Sharan Singh and Shiraz Mohammed describe the way they have changed the way they prepare communications students at the University of the West Indies.

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Dean’s Corner

DeWayne Wickham, dean, School of Global Journalism & Mass Communication

Book Smart

Award-winning author, filmmaker, hip hop artist and Morgan professor MK Asante describes his new book, "Buck," a memoir about growing up in Philadelphia.

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