RADIO / TRAINING: Youth radio Workshop in Africa

Youth radio Workshop

At the beginning of September 2005 Youth presenters and producers from 12 sub-Saharan African countries, working with Search for Common Ground's Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa project, explored the skills necessary to make youth programmes which engage the audience and have a positive rather than negative impact, helping resolve rather than inflame conflict. The below principles include new ways of seeing their roles, new perspectives on conflict, and new objectives and techniques for presenting their programmes. The Radio for Peacebuilding, Africa project will publish a complete Guidebook for African Youth Radio for Peacebuilding in early 2006.

1. Seek to cause positive changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviour among our listeners in order to promote peace.

2. Create programmes designed to elicit solutions to problems, and encourage young people to play a role in solving society?s problems.

3. Understand the dynamics of the conflict(s) we are seeking to address.

4. Know our target audience in order to develop entertaining programmes and achieve desired outcomes.

5. Seek to engage both young people and adults.

6. Ensure that production teams are comprised of young people from different backgrounds.

7. Know our rights and our responsibilities as youth producers.

8. Aim to be positive role models for our peers.

Please don?t hesitate to give us feedback: radiopeaceafrica@sfcg.be

On line: 06/10/2005

 

SOURCE: http://www.radiopeaceafrica.org/index.cfm?lang=en&context_id=2&context=events

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

 

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
Mailing list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/youthful-media

 

The YPMN is supported by UNICEF and hosted by the ECMC.

 

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