public accoutability: community radios role. taking out the trash the media cannot address the issue...
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Public Accoutability:Community Radio’s Role
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Taking Out The Trash
The media cannot address the issue of public accountability without putting its house in order and removing a major problem that is taking up space.
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• Churnalism: a form of journalism that relies heavily on press statements, wire copy and pre-packaged material without researching or verifying content before publication…
--from Nick Davies, Flat Earth News
• The epidemic of churnalism has infected community radio stations—stations that are closer to ordinary people than mainstream media are.
The Trash
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Back to Square One
• Research: to gather facts for the purpose of informing others accurately.
• Google is NOT a synonym for research!!!
• Bringing Sexy Back: rediscovering legwork: hitting the road to find the story, to smell it and taste it.
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Back to Square One
Circa October 1996: Club Makokola, Mangochi
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Back to Square One
Radio by the community for the community
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Back to Square One
To give people who do not have access to mainstream media a channel to be heard and take theirrightful place in the democratic space.
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Legwork Illustrated
On assignment on Lake Malawi,Mangochi—with Weekend Nation editor, George Kasakula. October
2010
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Legwork Illustrated
A trawler called Flora, part of Lake Fisheries fleet. Five years ago, each boat brought in 3 tonnes of fish. Today, four boats bring in half a tonne.
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Legwork Illustrated• There are over 300,000 fishermen who
earn their living on Lake Malawi.
• Most of them are artisanal fishermen, using dugout canoes and banana boats.
• The pride of Lake Malawi, chambo, had gone done by 85 per cent in 14 years due to overfishing, according to African Business Report.
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Legwork Illustrated• UNESCO declared Lake Malawi a World
Heritage Site in 1984. This was because the 1,000 species of fish in the lake cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
• In 2004, the Malawi government got a loan of US$10.56 million and a grant of US$9.42 million from the Africa Development Fund for the Lake Malawi Artisanal Fisheries Project.
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Legwork Illustrated• The money was meant to restock the
lake and to support over 300, 000 who depend on it for their livelihood.
• By the end of the project in December 2010, 400 fishermen’s groups should have received fishing units on a loan basis.
• By October 2010, only 20 had.
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Moral of the Story
You cannot report what you have NOT seen.
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ICTs & Journalistic Research
• One of the benefits of ICT is CARR—Computer-Assisted Research & Reporting.
• The fact that a myriad of public, private and have websites and links to databases means access to information is a lot easier that it was before the advent of ICT.
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ICTs & Integrative Research
• The most effective research is integrative, blending different methods: desk/online research, legwork & ethnography.
• In my view, this is the most practical way to deal with public accountability.
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Integrative Research &Public Accountability: A
Case Study
• How desk, field and online research can be combined to investigate and address a public concern
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Integrative Research Illustrated
Consider the following facts:• The health budget went up by 45 per cent in
2012—from K1,772.9 billion to K2579.9billion
• K301. 7billion for drugs and medicines
• K77.9 billion to employ 2,500 frontline personnal across the country
• K389.3 billion towards infrastructure
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Integrative Research Illustrated
• In 2013 budget, allocation to health is K3.6 trillion—a one trillion increase from 2012 and 11.3 % of total budget. (see Abuja Declaration & 15 % target)
• K594.1 billion for drugs
• K110.8 billion for equipment.
• Funds to recruit 2,000 frontline medical staff
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Integrative Research Illustrated
• What difference has 45 per cent increase in funding made to the public health sector in rural areas?
• To find out, we did some formative research which led us to Mawawa.
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Integrative Research Illustrated
• The only trained health personnel at Mawawa RHC is an Environmental Health Technician who is assisted by cleaners.
• The health centre cannot admit and referrals to Lewanika General Hospital are problematic because it is 22 kms away
• Mawawa Clinic has NO water and NO power
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Conclusion
From the foregoing, it is clear what community radio needs to do to serve
the interests of its listeners, most of whom are rural and poor.