How Journalist Renata Affonso Brings Brazil’s Social Issues To Light
Renata Affonso travels around her home country, Brazil, and around the world as a freelance documentarian - bringing light to social issues which might otherwise be left untold. Before going on her own, Affonso worked as the Executive-Editor and moderator of the weekly public policy debate program “Sala de Noticias” on Canal Futura, a non-profit TV channel owned by Brazilian media conglomerate TV Globo. Affonso recently participated in the Journalist to Journalist Global Health Conference in Washington DC and has been selected for the National Press Foundation’s upcoming HIV Vaccine program in Bangkok, Thailand.
Affonso discusses how her journalism career has evolved over the 25 years she has been in the industry: from censorship to non-profit journalism to working as a backpack documentarian.
How a VOA Journalist Keeps Africa ‘In Focus’ From Washington, DC
Ndimyake Mwakalyelye recently participated in the National Press Foundation’s Journalist to Journalist Global Health program in Washington DC. As the anchor of Voice of America’s TV program “In Focus,” Mwakalyelye covers a wide range of issues that are of interest to her audience in Africa. Voice of America is the official international public broadcaster of the United States Federal Government.
-An experienced reporter and anchor, Mwakalyelye discusses improving the craft of journalism and journalism ethics. She was interviewed by NPF intern Gabrielle Gorder.
J2J Fellow Collins Mtika Jailed, Released In Malawi
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Journalist Collins Mtika was jailed in Malawi for four days last week, in horrendous conditions, after reporting on anti-government protests. We met Collins last year in Atlanta, when he was among 22 fellows chosen to participate in our training for an international conference on AIDS vaccine research. Also in that group was Tom Paulson, now editing the Humanosphere blog for NPR station KPLU in Seattle. The J2J connection kicked in when Tom heard about the arrest.
NPF Fellow Wins Major Award
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This is the kind of email we love to get. Emani attended our Journalist to Journalist program at the International AIDS Conference last summer in Vienna, Austria. As he explains below, he attributes what he learned at the J2J program to contributing to his successful effort to find funding for a film about children living with HIV. We’re very proud of Emani Krishna Rao and his accomplishments, as we are proud of all the journalists we work with, whether through our international programs or our programs in the U.S.
J2J Fellows: Your Work Could Win This
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I’d love to see one of our J2J fellows win the Global Health Council’s Excellence in Media Award for Global Health. Many of you have done fantastic work on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and lung disease, following our training in Vienna, Atlanta and Berlin. Keep in mind that the Community media category covers community and local media from developing countries, including newspapers, community radio, internet-based work, and other forms of media. Here’s an opportunity to look at your best work from 2010 and see if it qualifies: http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2011/view_top.php3?id=1086
Earlier Blog Posts
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NPF Educates Global Health Media in Vienna
July 12, 2010 -
The World According to a Front Page
May 14, 2010 -
Inspiring a ‘Second Generation’
March 31, 2010 -
Free AIDS Training; Apply Now
February 23, 2010 -
J2J Journalist in Haiti
January 17, 2010
