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4 November, 2016 – Dar es Salaam:
A group of seven journalists from various media houses will on Sunday 6 November, 2016 travel to South Africa for the annual African Investigative Journalism Conference. The trip is part of the Tanzania Media Foundation’s (TMF) efforts to build journalists’ capacity in investigative and data journalism, in particular.
“TMF is committed to promoting investigative journalism in Tanzania. This conference will expose our grantees to some of the best IJ work done by journalists in other countries. The idea is for them to learn how powerful IJ stories are done directly from other journalists. Facilitating learning through this kind of exposure is just one aspect of what TMF does. We work to equip Tanzanian journalists with the skills they need to tell stories that bring change through accountability,” said TMF Executive Director, Ernest Sungura.
The journalists are Veronica Mataba (Radio Faraja and Deutsche Welle, Shinyanga), Edwin Soko (Radio Sauti, Mwanza), Irene Mbakilwa (TBC, Iringa), Nicholas Ngaiza (Radio Kasibante, Kagera), Henry Lyimo (Daily News, Dar es Salaam), Halima Mlacha (Habari Leo, Dar es Salaam) and Mgisha Ndunguru (Mpakasi, Dar es Salaam). The group will be accompanied by TMF fellowship and rural dispatch programme officer, Dastan Kamanzi.
The seven journalists were selected from amongst participants in TMF’s 2016 rural dispatch and fellowship programmes whose work showed great potential for impact and who had made significant progress towards achieving the programmes’ learning outcomes.
TMF emerged out of the successful implementation of the Tanzania Media Fund project from June 2008 to September 2015. It began operations on 1 October 2015. TMF stands for a strong and independent media sector promoting accountability. Its mission is to transform the media, through grants and learning, into an independent and sustainable sector that reports responsibly on issues of public concern.
A group of seven journalists from various media houses will on Sunday 6 November, 2016 travel to South Africa for the annual African Investigative Journalism Conference. The trip is part of the Tanzania Media Foundation’s (TMF) efforts to build journalists’ capacity in investigative and data journalism, in particular.
“TMF is committed to promoting investigative journalism in Tanzania. This conference will expose our grantees to some of the best IJ work done by journalists in other countries. The idea is for them to learn how powerful IJ stories are done directly from other journalists. Facilitating learning through this kind of exposure is just one aspect of what TMF does. We work to equip Tanzanian journalists with the skills they need to tell stories that bring change through accountability,” said TMF Executive Director, Ernest Sungura.
The journalists are Veronica Mataba (Radio Faraja and Deutsche Welle, Shinyanga), Edwin Soko (Radio Sauti, Mwanza), Irene Mbakilwa (TBC, Iringa), Nicholas Ngaiza (Radio Kasibante, Kagera), Henry Lyimo (Daily News, Dar es Salaam), Halima Mlacha (Habari Leo, Dar es Salaam) and Mgisha Ndunguru (Mpakasi, Dar es Salaam). The group will be accompanied by TMF fellowship and rural dispatch programme officer, Dastan Kamanzi.
The seven journalists were selected from amongst participants in TMF’s 2016 rural dispatch and fellowship programmes whose work showed great potential for impact and who had made significant progress towards achieving the programmes’ learning outcomes.
TMF emerged out of the successful implementation of the Tanzania Media Fund project from June 2008 to September 2015. It began operations on 1 October 2015. TMF stands for a strong and independent media sector promoting accountability. Its mission is to transform the media, through grants and learning, into an independent and sustainable sector that reports responsibly on issues of public concern.
