TMA 6: Familiarize yourself with the printing process and the modern technologies

being used in the print industry. You can do this through any of the following:
desk/internet research on the topic or Key Informant Interview (KII). (Key Informant is a
person who has the firsthand knowledge on the topic/someone working in a printing
press).
In your TMA report, include the following:
- The mechanism employed in completing this requirement
o If internet/desk research, include the links/scanned copies of all the
references materials used o If KII, who is your Resource Person and why
did you consider him/her to be your Key Informant
- Description of the Printing Process: From layouting to distribution
- Modern Technologies being used in the printing process:
o Impact of the modern ICTs in the process of printing communication
materials and the Print Industry in general
TMA7: Buy a printed newspaper/national daily which has an online version.
Choose two articles which were also published online.
Compare how the two
news/feature stories are written.

In your TMA report include the following information:

1. Newspaper/National Daily selected
2. Links to the online version of the news
3. Comparison of the two versions of the news article

TMA12: Search for a development communication program (or the communication

support to a development program) which made use of podcast, music or sms
conveying the development message. Describe the developmental message contained
in the material.