Presentation made at Unesco workshop for the African J-School Centres of Excellence, in Windhoek Namibia, May 2009. The slideshow motivates why African J-Schools need to mainstream new media in J-School curricula.

1. Teach New Media in Africa Presented at Workshop on Unesco J-School Centres of Excellence in Africa Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia May 2009 Jude Mathurine [email_address]

3. Changing context Africa constitutes about 3% of world’s Internet users 10% of South Africans have Internet access 5% in Nigeria 5% in Namibia 0,5% in Madagascar 8% in Kenya 2,4% in Uganda

12. NML emphasises PRAXIS …and not just Practice underpinned by fundamental skills in journalism production and creative, critical and entrepreneurial thinking Type Text Photo Audio Video Graphic Motion Graphic Animation

16. What skills, attitudes, socio-cultural, legal and ethical understanding and knowledge of the world are needed by local 'journalists' in the 21st century as result of globalisation and convergence?

23. “ This is a time …for new pedagogical experiments to see what works and what doesn’t in the new millennium…But we should also resist the hype, maintain a critical attitude and pedagogy and continue to combine print literacy and classical materials with new literacies and materials.” (Douglas Kellner 2002)

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