DAY FIVE 29 AUGUST 2008

INTERNET WORKSHOP FOR TANZANIAN JOURNALISTS.

The workshop is good as the main objectives of the programme have been achieved. Tanzanian journalists use the internet in their daily works. The scope of internet use differs from one journalist to another according to the desired work. Journalism profession change from time to time depending on the use of technology. Technological advancement now allows to the emergence of variety of journalistic breeds including citizen journalism.
Citizen journalism incorporate the wide use of information technology where as the internet serves as the play ground and medium of disseminating news. Bloggers communicate through the net where now other medium of news such as magazines, newspapers are rarely used.
The workshop imparted us with new skills on how to use the internet for effective news exchange where one can write texts, adding pictures and other images to share with fellows in the net through blogs.
I believe that there are so many important aspects in the internet that we are not well knowledgeable to them; exposures such as the internet workshop could make journalists more conversant in the use of that breed of citizen journalism.
I am very grateful to convey my thanks to those who facilitated that workshop especially the Embassy of Finland, MISA Tanzania Chapter, workshop Moderators Mr. Peik Johansson, Mr. Maggid Mjengwa and others. It is my hope that we are going to use that knowledge in our works and daily life regarding that journalists are communicators.