Rod Amner

Journalist/academic interested in engaged, solutions and participatory journalism and its potential for transforming education.

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Journos need to go beyond the 'official' layers of mediating Makhana + other places; riches of civic mapping: Rod Amner + Hanc Louw #HA2015

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@Quibbie_ Wow, thanks. Where can I follow up on those stats?

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Liana Steenkamp: There is too much hype on nutrition in reporting? She says Banting reportage is hype? But, is it? #HA2015

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Where is the reporting on child malnutrition in SA? Plenty of reports on obesity, but not malnutrition. #HA2015

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Liana Steenkamp: Rates of child stunting in SA way up in democratic era - over 23% of child population insufficient height for age. #HA2015

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@Sisipho__ yes I am in foyer now

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@Sisipho__ @Highway_Africa ok see you there...

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@Sisipho__ @Highway_Africa Can we rather do Eden Grove? Or are you at AMM?

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6m downloads of local affairs video shot by 8 citizen journos supported by Tshwane municipality #2015

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Address digital inequality and this starts to take care of health care inequality, economic inequality and educational inequality. #HA2015

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Why success in Tshwane? 1. Five sites to 50 to 700 - i.e. it started small. 2. All additional services, like wifi TV, enabled. #HA2015

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Wifi TV journos recruited from Tshwane townships - have cameras and laptops and wander around covering stories! #HA2105

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Tshwane free wifi network biggest on the continent, says Alan Knott-Craig. Daily quota of 250MB. 700 000 people connected. #HA2105

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Rachel Sibanda: Malawian citizen journalism in 2014 elections - highly engaged, but not after elections! #HA2015

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@Sisipho__ @Highway_Africa Done!

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The wired city: Africa's cities - the fastest-growing in world - can leapfrog northern counterparts, says Adam Clayton-Powell III. #HA2015

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Cities are taking the lead in addressing the digital divide, declares Mayor Parks Tau (Joburg). Viva! #HA2015

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Joburg mayor Tau: citizens are being trained to actively make use of universal access to wifi. Connectivity creating accessibility! HA2015

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Joburg mayor Tau: Journalists not reporting the densification of cities and 'corridors of freedom' (democratisation of Joburg). #HA2015

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Does free wifi necessarily lead to democratic communication through Facebook and Twitter, asks Friedman? Proactivity needed? #HA2015