Internet training makes national news

We have made it to the news. See the Daily News article by Marc Nkwame in yesterday’s paper. Under the headline “Scribes undergo training on internet”, Marc explains the basic facts about the training. He says that the training is organized by MISA-Tanzania in collaboration with VIKES, which stands for the Finnish Foundation for Media, Communication and Development. He also mentions the number of participants and which regions they come from.

“The journalists undertaking the training represent various media outlets including those from newspapers, radio, television as well as press clubs. They all admitted to have always been taking the internet for granted, yet the web has so many hidden tricks that most people, including the journalists themselves, were still unaware of.”

Marc wrote his text already on Monday when we were yet starting the training. If you want to read other participants’ comments on the training so far, you can find their postings in the blogs. Here’s a nice report from Seif Jigge, producer at the Masai community radio Orkonerei Radio Service, or ORS FM. And here’s another enthusiastic story by Nebert Mramba, correspondent of Business Times.