Whos Reporting Africa Now? - Non-Governmental Organizations, Journalists, and Multimedia Wright KatePaperback

As news organizations cut correspondent posts and foreign bureaux, non-governmental organizations have begun to expand into news reporting. What are the effects of this on the kinds of stories told about Africa? But why and how do journalists use the photographs, video, and audio that NGOs produce?

These contrasting case studies are used to illuminate the complex moral and political economies underpinning such journalism, involving not only NGO press officers and journalists but And how have these developments changed the nature of journalism and NGO-work?Who's Reporting Africa Now?: Non-Governmental Organizations, Journalists, and Multimedia is the first book to?address these questions--using frank interviews and internal documents to shed light on the workings of major news organizations and NGOs, collaborating with one another in specific news production processes.