DDMAC will participate with a panel at the ECAS9 Conference on African Futures in Cologne from May 31st until June 3rd. The panel is titled Media Forerunners: Reflecting on Emerging Socio-Political Youth Leadership in Times of Conflict and Digitalization and is convened by Bruce Mutsvairo and Mirjam de Bruijn. PhD candidate Samba Dialimpa Badji will…
read moreOn Wednesday November 2nd the DDMAC research group participated in the 8th annual conference on the safety of journalists in Oslo. In a panel discussion, chaired by Bruce Mutsvairo, the team reflected on the impact of digital media usage in prolonged conflicts in Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia and Mali. Mirjam de Bruijn elaborated…
read moreThis blog was originally published on The workshop also introduced new methods for structuring research and producing non-polarizing stories. Learning by doing was the pedagogical principle during the five days. Participants talked a lot with each other and went "out on the street" twice to do reporting and research. For example: in order to tell…
read moreSamba Dialimpa Badji is the newest member of the DDMAC project as a research fellow. Samba has joined Oslo in early October to start his PhD fellowship at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies of OsloMet university. He will research the role of digital media in the armed conflicts in Ethiopia and Mali, with…
read moreThe DDMAC team participates in the 8th International Conference on the Safety of Journalists. The conference, co-organized by Kristin Skare Orgeret, takes place at OsloMet University from the 1st until the 2nd of November. On november 1st, new team member and PhD candidate Samba Badji is chairing the panel discussion Fact checking and safety for…
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