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Reporting 2014 National Elections: a good story to tell? MMA Interim Report Launch Rosebank

Reporting 2014 National Elections: a good story to tell? MMA Interim Report Launch Rosebank 5 May 2014. Overview. Welcome Get food eat, drink. MMA: not the 5W’s just 2; Our Interim report: Results Playing with our tools; End. About MMA: Our Vision.

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Reporting 2014 National Elections: a good story to tell? MMA Interim Report Launch Rosebank

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  1. Reporting 2014 National Elections: a good story to tell? MMA Interim Report Launch Rosebank 5 May 2014

  2. Overview • Welcome • Get food eat, drink. • MMA: not the 5W’s just 2; • Our Interim report: Results • Playing with our tools; • End

  3. About MMA: Our Vision A just and fair society empowered by a free, responsible and quality media

  4. About MMA: Our Mission • To promote development of: • Media that is transparent, diverse, ethical and accountable to its audiences • Critical and constructive communications by the powerful • Informed, engaged and connected citizenry

  5. About MMA: Practical

  6. How should media cover elections? • Comprehensive • Fair and balanced • People/citizen-centered

  7. How MMA has analysed elections coverage • Political party coverage • Topics • Sources (including gender, race) • Spread of coverage (geographical areas) • Quality of coverage • Fairness

  8. Big 5: Party Coverage MMA: Elections Watch

  9. Topics making it

  10. Issues NOT making it

  11. Who’s Voices?

  12. Voices of Power

  13. Something Big to Celebrate!

  14. Hot air.. • All Quotes from top 5 parties; • Look for issues.. • Is it media or the parties or both responsible for messages?

  15. Tools you may want to use Wazi: An Info Mash Dash for Journalists Sizweni: Make Children an Elections Issue Newstools: Churnalism – how much are we regurgitating? Elections Watch: Interactive & Up to date

  16. Still to come More interactive results on dashboard.mediamonitoringafrica Latest election results on Wazi map and integration of media coverage Interactive elections report; Themed Wazi map…

  17. Elections, Elections, Elections William Bird Media Monitoring Africa www.mediamonitoringafrica.org Tel:+2711 788 1278 Cell: +2782 887 1370 Twitter: @billbobbird E: williamb@mma.org.za

  18. Trends in media coverage • Coverage given to bigger parties • Politicians set the agenda • Coverage limited to bigger cities • Bread and butter issues receive less coverage • Issues affecting marginalised groups are sidelined

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