February 05, 2009

Day 4 of Internet workshop for editors in Dar es Salaam

Day 4 of the workshop happened to be one of the busiest and well-enjoyed sessions that witnessed extensive coverage of Fact(s) Finding techniques.

Our instructor, Peik Johansson with long experience in international journalist and training consultancy from the Finnish Foundation for Media, Communication and Developmentled us throughout the session to make sure that every participant followed lessons properly.

Under the topic “How internet changed societies” we all learnt about the profound decentralization of information and the accomplishment of other duties like shopping and purchase of air or train tickets through the interment.

The fact that up-to-date information from anywhere around the world can be obtained from the internet, the world becomes a village whereby information is shared promptly.

The underlining focus of today’s lesson was “Think before acting”. It has stressed that one needs to know exactly what to look for before jumping to the internet. There should be a set of pre-mediated questions or fact to look for and of course more would be required in the course of searching information.

Practical work carried out in class on how to get quick answers for example the population of Egypt, the capital city of Burkina Fasso, (Ouagadougou), the capital of Laos (Vientiane)Tanzania government website, the president of Honduras and the background information to his life and any other required information.

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