Independent journalism that dares to
tell the truth is experiencing a
dramatic
renaissance while the rising proliferation
of vital alternative media is
providing a
Countervailing force to the corporate media.
At the same time, the digital media
revolution has unleashed vast new
channels for relatively free and
open
communication through independent media that
speak truth to power and focus
on solutions and systemic change.
The Women In Media Workshop offers a rich arc of
sessions about “changing the
story” with many top innovators
across a diverse
range of topics.
We present a strong focus on:
At this moment when getting ‘real
news’ is essential, and when
media is ripe to
accelerate social change, these sessions
will both inspire and give you
practical
tools to communicate your mission and
produce real change. We invite you to
Explore this sampling of Media Commons offerings,
Keynote / Plenary
New Media for Movement Building
Bold innovators in new media activism
are addressing both the need to
change the larger narrative to
combat apathy, cynicism, hopelessness
and paranoia, as well as to
explore how to get your message
out and mobilize engagement most
effectively in a rapidly shifting media
landscape. Change the World, Not
the Channel: Media for Social
Change Media can play a pivotal
role in social change, as these
sophisticated practitioners demonstrate with
a diversity of strategies, media
and innovations.
Changing the Stories that Create
Culture, And How We Tell Our
Own
Don’t let anyone else frame your
story! Come hear from women
journalists, bloggers and media-­‐makers
how their storytelling has evolved
and what they’ve learned. In
an emergent conversation, experiment
with telling your own story and
learn tools and practices to
increase your effectiveness.
Sessions Includes:
ü Plenary Session
ü Breakout Session
ü Role Play Session
ü Story Line Session
ü Networking
Facilitators Include:
Ms.Uche Okoli
CEO Reel-Radio
Miss.Ajibade Tosin
CEO OloriSupergal (Top Online Blogger)
Samuel Isiechie
CEO Mahomet Center
Miss Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun
CEO Bailiff Africa
Miss.Jennifer Ehidahamen
Trainer/Reporter Global Press Institute
Miss. Omotayo Bakare Online
Analyst
Miss. Adenike Ashogbon
Media and PR executive
CONCLUSIONMedia and ICT has become an essential tool in a nation's
development process, in enhancinggood governance and empowering people
around the world. The relationship between themedia and government and
its influence on democracy and national development is
inevitablynon-separable.In the 21st century, with the emergence of
modern nation states, the media is an essential aidto development,
becoming an important channel for public communication and
transparency.It has become the only acceptable beacon of information,
often channeled wrongly or lost intransit.TVI hopes to ensure that the
1st Women In Media Workshop achieves its core objectiveof promoting
positive media application in line with developing technologies to
promote thegrowth and development of an empowered and peace-oriented
community with a dedicatedCitizen towards a great Country.
The Event is strictly for Young Women In Media and ICT...
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