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Media Community Newsletter September 2024
Find out how your work can benefit from A.I, meet the digital investigative journalist who is a Nieman 2025 Fellow at Harvard, and read stories that reflect Africa’s progress, innovation, and opportunity.
Africa No Filter launches new guide on how to write about African elections
On October 9 Mozambique will go to the polls to elect a new president. Mozambique is one of 19 African countries, including South Africa and Ghana, who have had or will have elections in 2024. The narrative of elections in Africa is typically one of negative stereotypes that portray the continent as chaotic and illegitimate.
The Guardian, AFP, Al Jazeera, and Reuters top global media index for most balanced media coverage of Africa, American outlets lag at the bottom — NEW REPORT
- The Global Media Index for Africa assesses and ranks *online news stories of the 20 leading news providers.
- + 1000 news articles collected over a six- month period.
- The Guardian leads with most balanced coverage, The Washington Post ranks last.
Discrimination against young African diasporans in France, U.K. and U.S. is driving interest and connection towards Africa, a new report
1 February 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya: What’s it like being an African youth in the diaspora? According to the new Being African: How Africans Experience the Diaspora report, diasporic African youths experience different types of discrimination — exoticization in France, microaggressions in the UK, and surveillance and profiling in the US.
La discrimination à l'encontre des jeunes Africains de la diaspora en France, au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis suscite un intérêt et un rapprochement avec l'Afrique, selon un nouveau rapport
1er février 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya : Qu'est-ce que c'est que d'être un jeune Africain de la diaspora ? Selon le nouveau rapport Être africain : Comment les Africains appréhendent- ils la diaspora ? Les jeunes Africains de la diaspora subissent différents types de discrimination - éxotisation en France, microagressions au Royaume-Uni, et surveillance et profilage aux États-Unis.
New course to undo bias and privilege in development organisations’ communication practices
08 August - Johannesburg, South Africa: Africa No Filter, the not-for-profit working on narrative change on the continent, today launched a new digital course that will improve how communication professionals in development organisations tell stories of their projects in Africa.
Here’s how you can create global platforms and audiences for your visual art
There has never been a better time to be an African visual artist: the continent’s art scene is growing, the global market is increasingly looking to the continent for exciting work, and collectors are eager to spend big bucks on African art. The ANF Academy Presents: Creating Global Audiences For Your Visual Art with Sotheby's masterclass unpacked what it takes to make it big, locally and globally.
Here’s what you can do to write a winning grant proposal
The Africa No Filter Presents: Grant Writing for Storytellers and Artists masterclass offered expert tips and tools to help you increase your chances of getting a grant to support your organization or project.
The dream of a united Africa is alive, but xenophobia and lack of free trade remain a challenge
25 May – Johannesburg, South Africa: Africa has more success in the international arena, with Africans elected to positions of significant power within international organisations. However, the continent still faces significant challenges when it comes to promoting continental integration through free trade, peace and security, infrastructure and cultural diplomacy. These are some of the findings from the recently launched literature review, One Africa: Pan-African dream or reality?, by narrative change organization Africa No Filter.