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A Journalist Guide for coveringPost-elections in Ghana
Because Accountability Counts – A Journalist Guide or coveringpost elections in GhanaISBN: 978-9988-1-2343-7© Open Society Initiative or West AricaAll rights reserved.Published by International Institute or ICT Journalism(penplusbytes) Accra, Ghana September 2010
Design and Production Team:
Organ Multimedia, Jeremiah Sam, Ko Mangesi, Prince DehOgochukwu Nweke
Editor:
James HottorPrinted in GhanaDigital copies o this book are available onlinewww.newmediaskool.orgwww.penplusbytes.orgwww.aricanelections.org
Because Accountability Counts – A Journalist guide or covering post-elections in Ghanais one o the key building blocks or Ghana Post-elections Intervention Project whosemain objective is to help overcome the challenges and problems aecting citizens’ abilityto hold elected representatives accountable or promises they make during pre-electioncampaigns. The guide’s main objective is to empower journalists and other stakeholderswith an inormation and knowledge resource or playing the watch and guide dog role inholding elected ocers accountable. It provides an overview o post-elections landscapeo Ghana, covering governance, legislative issues, political parties and their maniestoes,ruling party, opposition and governing ater an election and provides guides or covering:1. Parliament, Political Parties, Ruling Government (mapping campaign promises& maniesto), Opposition and Key Governance Issues2. Investigative journalism and post-elections coverage3. ICTs and Covering Post-Elections4. Covering Budget and Extractive Industries and5. Lessons to be learned rom the post 2007 election crisis in Kenya
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A Journalist Guide for coveringPost-elections in Ghana
Because Accountability Counts- A journalist's Guide for covering Post-elections in Ghana
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Sections
« prev | next »- Foreward
- Ghana’s Post-Elections Intervention Project
- About the authors
- Acronyms
- Political History & Media Landscape of Ghana
- 1.1.2 Short political history
- 1.2 The 4th Republican Parliament in Perspective
- 1.1.3 The Executive in the Fourth Republic
- 1.3.4 Adherence to Code of Conduct
- 1.4 Post-Elections and Accountability
- Covering Post-Elections
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Guidelines
- ICTs In Post-Elections Coverage
- 3.1 General Background to ICT Journalism and Defnitions
- 3.1.1 Introduction
- 3.1.2 Elements of ICT Journalism in Post Elections
- 3.1.3 Impact of ICT on Journalism
- 3.1.4 Using ICTs in Journalism
- 3.1.4.1 News Processing Front End
- 3.1.4.2 News Processing Back End
- 3.1.5 All Inclusive ICT Journalism?
- 3.1.6 ICTs and Post-elections Coverage
- 3.2 Guidelines
- 3.2.1 Guideline 1: Online
- 3.2.2 Guideline 2 – Emails
- 3.2.3 Guideline 3– SMS/Text Messages
- 3.2.4 Guideline 4: Phone-ins
- 3.2.5 Guideline 5: Social Media
- 3.2.6 Guideline 6: Using online sources
- 3.2.7 Guideline 7: National ICTs Policy and Issues
- 3.2.8 Guideline 8: Citizen Journalism
- 3.2.9 Guideline 9: News Aggregation
- 3.2.10 Guideline 10: Privacy and Copyright
- Investigative Journalism in Post-Election Period
- 4.1 General Background to Investigative Journalism in Post-Election Period
- 4.1.1 Introduction
- 4.1.2 Why is post-election worth investigating?
- 4.2 Guidelines
- 4.2.1 Guideline 1: Generate and formulate story ideas
- 4.2.2 Know What You are Looking For
- 4.2.3 Documentary research
- 4.2.3.1 Hypothesis as a Method of Testing a Story
- 4.2.4 Finding reliable sources of information gathering
- 4.2.4.1 Witnesses
- 4.2.4.2 Current associates
- 4.2.4.3 Experts
- 4.2.4.4 Open sources
- 4.2.5 General ethical principles
- 4.2.6 Breaking the barrier of secrecy to get the information
- 4.2.6.1 Succeeding the immersion in order to collect information
- 4.2.6.2 Using undercover techniques or deception
- 4.2.7 Summary of the Steps in Investigating a Story
- Appendix 1:
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