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| The greatest writing tip of all time? |
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You may agree, but I wouldn't bet on it. Scroll to the bottom, to find out. | |
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No it's not, "read", although that comes close to the top. This article is a few years old but I thought you may be interested. If you think you have a better tip to better writing, by all means, send it in to: hm1@healthandmedia.net |
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| Well, I've revamped the website, yet again. I keep learning new things about design, compatibility, and discover more and more flaws - it's driving me crazy. |
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| Having said that, this version should be a lot more user-friendly (I said that last time too), and a little easier to read for those who have difficulty making out small print. |
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| Now I have to figure out how to incorporate a database programme into the site... don't hold your breath it's going to take me a while and, I would imagine, a few misguided attempts. |
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| If you are having problems on any area of the site, or would like to advise and/or suggest content, style, or whatever - send me an email. |
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| So, have a look and see if you can make sense of it all: |
| www.healthandmedia.org |
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| Interviewing tips, writing tips, and fellowships and training courses to apply to. What more could you want first thing in the morning? |
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| So, good luck, and may your day be as nice as it has been down here -- at the bottom of Africa. Keep sending in your emails |
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| take care, |
| Colin Lloyd, South Africa |
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| 1. Contributions |
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| >> MEMBER EMAILS |
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| It's about time for a follow-up Training course |
Rosa Hamukuaja-Thobias
Producer, NBC, Windhoek, Namibia |
| "Its nice to hear from you... can you consider a follow-up Health and Media course to the one we had, things have been going very slowly here. I think its time to refresh our skills and be brought up-to-date on the latest health reporting issues." |
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 | | Health and Media course participants from the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation visiting WHO offices in Windhoek. The course was held back in February, 2004 |
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| 2. Health News |
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| WHO says lack of coordination hitting bird flu fight |
| Lack of cooperation between health and farm officials in developing countries is hampering the fight against bird flu, the World Health Organisation said last Friday. WHO officials say one major problem lay in the differing focus of health and farm or animal husbandry departments… |
| www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=50172 |
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| Glaxo says bird flu vaccine seen ready in 2007 |
| (Reuters) - A bird flu vaccine for humans that uses only a very low dose of active ingredient has proved effective in clinical tests and could be mass produced in 2007, its maker GlaxoSmithKline Plc claims. |
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| A scramble in India to limit polio |
| The head of the World Health Organization's polio eradication team has warned that India could re-infect the rest of the world with polio if a new outbreak of the disease is not rapidly brought under control. |
| www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/01/news/polio.php |
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| Many 'defenceless' against polio |
| Increasing numbers of people around the world are vulnerable to polio because they have not been previously exposed to the disease, claim experts at the World Health Organization who say that adults who missed being vaccinated as children and who have not been exposed to the wild virus are most at risk. |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5217180.stm |
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| Media in SL received training on women’s health |
| Journalists in Sierra Leone recently participated in a two-day workshop on reproductive health issues and other topics relating to women’s health. Participants also learned about a variety of reproductive and women’s health issues, including infant mortality, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and gender-based violence. |
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| Latest Health News Headlines: Health + Media website |
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| 3. Opportunities |
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| Female journalists eligible for fellowship |
| Women journalists in India who are interested in focusing on a long-term reporting project have until August 31 to apply for the Prabha Dutt Fellowship. The Sanskriti Foundation offers the fellowship each year in honor of late journalist Prabha Dutt, who worked for the Hindustan Times and India Today. |
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| The fellowship offers young and mid-career print journalists a grant of INR60,000 (about US$1,280) to conduct in-depth research and investigative stories in Hindi, English or any regional language. The results can be published as a series of reports or a book within 10 months of the initial award. |
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| To apply, candidates should send a two-page CV, an essay of 250 to 300 words detailing the proposed project, and five work samples to opjain@sanskritifoundation.org. |
| more: http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/prabha_dutt.htm |
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| Broadcast course focuses on writing + production |
| Experienced broadcast journalists in Southern Africa can polish their writing and visual presentation skills at an upcoming two-week course. The course is scheduled for September 18 to 29 in South Africa. Participants will learn script writing and broadcast formatting techniques, as well as review more basic broadcast journalism skills. |
| more details: http://www.nsjtraining.org |
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| Full time Radio Training in Kenya |
Radio training covers church issues, general topics
A training center in Kenya is offering a full-time course on radio journalism for African reporters. The course is scheduled for September 4 to November 25, and applications are accepted on an early-bird basis. The registration fee is KES1,000 (about US$15), course tuition is KES60,000 (about US$830), and the cost of room and board is KES84,000 (about US$1,155). Registration is first-come, first-served, so the organizers are encouraging interested journalists to respond as soon as possible. |
Contact Maurice Otsieno at otsienomaurice@yahoo.com
telephone +254-20-8560443 |
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| 4. Resources |
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| Tune in to International Conference on HIV-AIDS |
| Montreal, August 4th, 2006 - The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) will ensure worldwide broadcast of the XVI International HIV-AIDS Conference, which will be held from the 13th-18th of August 2006 in Toronto, Canada. Community Radio journalists from Brazil, Canada, Gambia, Haiti, Nepal, Peru and Senegal will report from the conference site to the community radio network of AMARC. |
| Listen to the broadcast http://aids.amarc.org |
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| Latest info on Avian flu for Journalists |
| The Communication Initiative has developed a continually updated list of core messages, examples of communication actions, guidance notes, resources and trends to assist communicators and journalists in addressing prevention and outbreak communication. |
| www.comminit.com/avianinfluenza.html |
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| Free Commonwealth Photo Library |
| The official online photographic resource of the Commonwealth Secretariat contains thousands images from around the Commonwealth’s 53 nations. The topics cover all aspects of our work ranging from Ministerial meetings to our development work in the field, illustrating the diversity of the Commonwealth. |
| http://images.thecommonwealth.org |
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| 5. The greatest writing tip of all time? |
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| Read the "lead" for an article. Now ask, "does this sentence make you want to read the next sentence and the rest of the story?" |
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| Go through a series of articles, reading only the "lead". After you read the "lead", vote as a group on whether you are enticed to read the rest of the story. Talk about what it does (or doesn't do) that draws you into the story. |
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| Read John Hatcher's article on the Poynter Institute's website. He explains why this tip was chosen above all others |
Whenever possible, prepare questions in advance.