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A One Man Play Show encouraging Africans to stay back home and develop the continent produced by the UK based V Jay Theatre    Productions was showcased on the 29 November 2019. The event took place at the Ebunjan Theatre around the former GFA, now GFF House in Kanifing. The ‘instant success’ play written and acted by Victor Richards- a UK born citizen deals with issues about how our Caribbean ancestors suffered in their struggle to go to Europe, the sufferings youth encounter through the back way to Europe, and try to encourages youth to stay back home and develop the continent. Mr Richards during the Press briefing held at the YMCA Conference Hall on 27 November 2019 that The Gambia is the first place in Africa where the play will be showcased, adding that he choose The Gambia because of the loving and friendliness of the people. He said called on all to turn to the Friday show, which is encouraging Gambian youth to stay back home and participate...

Need to Know Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard . . . Statehouse coverage is one of the beats that has  suffered most  in years of declining local news (ProPublica) . . . but did you know: The AP and Report for America are creating 14 new statehouse jobs (Poynter) Yesterday the AP and Report for America  announced a partnership  to create 14 reporting positions to cover the state governments of Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah. The positions, mostly funded by the AP and RFA, will last for 18 months and begin next June. The AP will make their coverage available for free to other media in those states. The initiative is the latest in a range of creative partnerships to cover state legislatures, including  Capitol News Illinois  an...

Weekly bulletin 19 Nov. 2019 Featured on IJNet Fact-Checking and Verification Q&A with Craig Silverman: Misinformation, deepfakes and democracy by  Sunaina Kumar Nov 14, 2019 Data Journalism Data visualizations can be misleading, but here's what you can do by  Corinne Podger Nov 15, 2019 Audience Engagement Want to draw attention to a story? Use these advertising techniques. by  Gretel Müller Nov 12, 2019 Investigative Journalism Tips for freelance investigative journalists by  Rowan Philp Nov 11, 2019 Audience Engagement El Tímpano will test text message distribution to reach immigrant communities by  Madeleine Bair Nov 13, 2019 Read more articles Journalists in Tunisia + UAE can apply for free webinars! Journalists in Tunisia and UAE can attend online trainings on data journalism and immersive storytelling from Google News Initiative + IJNet Arabic...

Need to Know Monday, November 25, 2019 Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard . . . Apple News, Facebook, Google, SmartNews: More tech platforms are  starting to pay publishers for their content  (Digiday) . . . but did you know: ‘Any hope that scale-based platform products might deliver meaningful or consistent revenue for publishers has disappeared’  (Columbia Journalism Review) A new report from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism on the  evolving relationship between tech platforms and publishers  has marked 2018 as “the end of an era.” Moving into 2019, publishers are no longer willing to overhaul parts of their business to fall in line with platform maneuvers, write the authors. “Last year, we observed strong signals that publishers were looking to bring audiences back to their own properties over ‘social-first’ publishing. In 2019, the trend gained moment...