The Dickens Olewe podcast
by Dickens Olewe
Dickens Olewe is a Kenyan journalist currently working for the BBC in London. He was a 2015 John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University. The fellowship focusses on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership in journalism. He was the founding digital content manager at the Star newspaper in Kenya where he led the establishment of the newspaper's digital department including its website, social media platforms and audience engagement strategy.He's been a speaker on several media subjects including: drone journalism, digital publishing platforms, media trends, mobile journalism, social media for news, user engagement and crowdsourcing news, at several journalism conferences around the world including: SxSw, re:publica, ONA and the World News Media Congress. He's been a trainer for WAN-IFRA emerging markets webinar series and Internews.
Episodes
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What is journalism for?
As I prepare to step back from frontline reporting, I wanted to share this conversation I had with my friend Frenny Jowi about journalism and why I believe the media on the continent should default to a crisis mode.
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Presentation: Will Solo journalists save the news?
The Africa Journalism and Media Summit is an annual congregation of stakeholders from the media, academia, government, civil society and business organized by the Zimbabwe Centre for Media and Information Literacy (ZCMIL) with support from the Konrad Adenuer Stiftung. The summit is inclusive,...
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Episode 4/4: The way forward
Discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan University and DW Akademie. Featuring: Carol Beyanga (UGANDA) – Head of Mentorships, Partnerships and Monetization at Nation Media Group Henry Maina…
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Episode 3/4: What’s impacting the quality of journalism in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Quality journalism is positively related to innovation – meaning that media houses that invest in quality journalism seem to be more innovative and vice versa. However quality journalism is challenged by issues such as intimidation and pressure from political entities, funders and advertisers.…
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Episode 2/4: Business models and navigating crises
Media houses were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic, with only about 50% having broken even or made a profit in 2019. The pandemic led to a decrease in advertising demand but at the same time an increase in demand for information, and, therefore, larger audiences. Most media houses...
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Episode 1/4: The state of the news media in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Listen to this discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan University and DW Akademie. Featuring: Njoki Chege (KENYA) – Director, Media Innovation Centre, Nairobi Hesbon Hansen Ochieng Owilla…
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Natasha Kimani - Research and Media Program Lead Africa No Filter
The latest report by Africa No Filter investigates news and content about business in Africa and the impact of perceptions about Africa as a business and investment destination. It also identifies information and news gaps that offer alternative framing for business in Africa. The report shows...
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Democracy & Media series: Episode 10 - Dube Divine - CEO The Citizen Bulletin
Dube Divine CEO is the CEO of The Citizen Bulletin He's an alumnus of the JSK Fellowship at Stanford University. Relevant links: https://www.thecitizenbulletin.com/ https://medium.com/@divine_dube
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Democracy & Media series. Episode 9: Sipho Kings - Editorial Director at The Continent
Sipho Kings is the Editorial Director at The Continent Twitter:@SiphoKings @thecontinent_
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Democracy & Media series. Episode 8: Laura Miti - Executive Director Alliance for Community Action
Democracy & Media series. Episode 8: Laura Miti - Executive Director Alliance for Community Action by Dickens Olewe
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Democracy & Media series: Episode 7 - Odanga Madung - Mozilla fellow
Odanga Madung is a Mozilla Fellow, he is the co-founder of Odipo Dev, a data Consultancy in Nairobi. He researches the impact the internet in having in societies in Africa. Twitter: @Odangaring Relevant links: In Kenya, Influencers Are Hired to Spread Disinformation...
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Democracy & Media series: Episode 6 - Lamin Cham - Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper
Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper Relevant links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45917294
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Democracy & Media series: Episode 5 - Moudwe Daga - PhD Soas University
Moudwe Daga is researching Recognition Theory/Frantz Fanon & Race in IR Theory/Statehood in Central Africa/Chad at SOAS University of London
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Democracy & Media series: Episode 4 - Sekou Owino - Head of Legal NMG
Sekou Owino is the Head of Legal & Training at Nation Media Group Limited in Kenya Relevant links: Judiciary and informed citizenry the vanguards of our constitution https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/judiciary-and-informed-citizenry-the-vanguards-of-our-constitution-3526582
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Democracy & Media series. Episode 3: Joseph Asunka - CEO Afrobarometer
Joseph Asunka is the CEO of Afrobarometer, starting his term from April 2021. Twitter: @joeasunka Relevant links: Democracy in Africa: Demand, supply, and the ‘dissatisfied democrat’ https://afrobarometer.org/publications/pp54-democracy-africa-demand-supply-and-dissatisfied-democrat
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Democracy & Media series. Episode 2: Roselyn Akombe - UNDP Africa
Dr. Roselyn Akombe is the Governance and Peacebuilding Regional Coordinator at UNDP's Regional Service Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with additional offices in Dakar, Senegal and Nairobi, Kenya and serving 45 Country Offices. Twitter: @DrRoselynAkombe Relevant links: A renewed...
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Democracy & Media series. Episode 1: Moky Makura -Executive Director of Africa No Filter
Moky Makura is the Executive Director of Africa No Filter. She was born in Nigeria, educated in England and has lived in London, Johannesburg and Lagos. Twitter:@mokymakura Relevant links:How not to write about an African election...
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Kennedy Wandera - Reporting Covid & launching foreign press association
Chair, FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, AFRICA
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“Fake News” and Cyber-Propaganda in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dominant narratives about the contemporary problem of “fake news” and cyber-propaganda have focused on how its evolution and manifestation has been closely linked with the rise of populist politics, digital capitalism, the transformation of the public sphere and structural weaknesses of liberal…
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'Travelling While Black' a conversation with Nanjala Nyabola
'Travelling While Black' with Nanjala Nyabola. A conversation hosted by Housmans bookshop
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Africa's lows and highs in 2020 & the promise of the new year
The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also been some digital and technical gains? What opportunities will the African Continental Free Trade Area bring after it comes into effect in January 2021? How…
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Interview: Covering Africa Constructively
I was interviewed as part of Constructive Institute's 24-hours Future of Journalism Conference. Africa Rising? Africa Hopeless? No, Africa Being. https://constructiveinstitute.org/
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Nelson Kwaje: Defy Hate Now - South Sudan
Nelson is the Director of Programmes at #DefyHateNow. More about him here https://defyhatenow.org/our-team/#kenya
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Akinyi Ochieng: Towards An Anti-Racist Workplace
Akinyi Ochieng is a writer and marketer working in the tech and financial services industries. She is based in New York. More here www.akinyiochieng.com Towards An Anti-Racist Workplace: Tools and Strategies to Support Black Employees...
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Dr Richard Ayah: Public Health in times of Covid-19
Dr Richard Ayah: Public Health in times of Covid-19 by Dickens Olewe
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Simon Allison - Mail & Guardian South Africa: Reporting Covid-19 & publishing on WhatsApp
Simon Allison - Mail & Guardian South Africa: Reporting Covid-19 & publishing on WhatsApp by Dickens Olewe
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Verah Okeyo & Esther Nakkazi: Reporting Covid-19 in Kenya and Uganda
Verah Okeyo & Esther Nakkazi: Reporting Covid-19 in Kenya and Uganda by Dickens Olewe
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Alphonce Shiundu- Africa Check: Coronavirus and misinformation in Africa
"#Africa🌍has more than 600 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in 34 countries, compared with 147 cases one week ago. While Africa can learn from the experiences of other countries, the response must be adapted to the context of the continent." - WHO 19.03.2020
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Lydia Matata - Independent Filmmaker, writer and journalist - Kenya
Lydia Matata is a Kenyan filmmaker and independent journalist.
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Frenny Jowi - Journalist & Media consultant - Kenya
She’s a multimedia journalist and trainer who spent four years with the BBC and currently is a media consultant. She has been nominated for 3 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards in Kenya. She has worked in East African, England, and Malaysia. Frenny has been a producer, radio presenter and…
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Odanga Madung - Data journalist at OdipoDev - Kenya
Odanga Madung - Data journalist at OdipoDev - Kenya by Dickens Olewe
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Guest appearance - China in Africa podcast
Ambassador Wu recently sat down with BBC journalist Dickens Olewe for an interview at the embassy in Nairobi. During the interview, they discussed some of the most sensitive issues that confront the China-Kenya relationship today. Dickens joins Eric to provide a bit of background on how he was…
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Special podcast episode: Nanjira Sambuli -World Wide Web Foundation
Nanjira Sambuli is a Kenyan researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist and musician. She is currently the Digital Equality Advocacy Manager at the World Wide Web Foundation.
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Special podcast episode: Ory Okolloh and Nanjala Nyabola
So a couple of weeks ago I tried to bring together three of my favourite Kenyans for a special podcast episode. Well, I managed to get two - Ory Okolloh, a well known commentator on matters Kenya, and Nanjala Nyabola, writer and political analyst. We talked about activism, tech, politics, the…
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Mutuma Mathiu - Group Editorial Director - Nation Media Group in Kenya
I reached out to Mutuma to discuss this article. Though they gang up against it, Kenyan media will thrive https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Kenyan-media-will-thrive/440808-5324026-g3p0w8/index.html
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Asha Mwilu - Special Projects Editor at Citizen TV in Kenya
Journalist, documentary filmmaker, speaker, and media innovator. Asha is the Special Projects Editor at Kenya's leading broadcaster; Citizen Television. More about her https://www.ashamwilu.com/
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Interview with China's ambassador to Kenya
China is Kenya's biggest trading partner but the East African country has been borrowing a lot from the Asian giant to fund its infrastructure projects, this has created a lot of concern that Kenya is borrowing beyond its means. I asked China's Ambassador to Kenya, Wu Peng about the funding for…
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Bonus Episode: Too Early For Birds -Tom Mboya Edition
Bonus Episode: Too Early For Birds -Tom Mboya Edition by Dickens Olewe
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Dickens Olewe - Panel at Global Defence of Media Freedom conference in London
An expert discussion that addresses the importance of media and communication to development, the roots of the media crisis in developing countries and the impacts on media and society at a country level in the Global South. Chair: Julie Posetti - Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford...
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Loic Forget - La Sentinelle in Mauritius - Drone journalism, business model, press freedom
Loic Forget - La Sentinelle in Mauritius - Drone journalism, business model, press freedom by Dickens Olewe
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Brenda Wambui -Otherwise Podcast - Podcasting in Kenya
Brenda Wambui -Otherwise Podcast - Podcasting in Kenya by Dickens Olewe
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EAC turns 20, Episode 4: The East African Century
In November 2019 the East African Community will mark 20 years since the signing of a treaty to re-establish the organisation after it collapsed in 1977. The regional body has six members - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. To assess what the region has achieved, its...
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EAC turns 20, Episode 3: Regional conflicts and solidarity
In November 2019 the East African Community will mark 20 years since the signing of a treaty to re-establish the organisation after it collapsed in 1977. The regional body has six members - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. To assess what the region has achieved, its...
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EAC turns 20, Episode 2: Coalition of the willing
In November 2019 the East African Community will mark 20 years since the signing of a treaty to re-establish the organisation after it collapsed in 1977. The regional body has six members - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. To assess what the region has achieved, its...
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EAC turns 20, Episode 1: The state of play
In November 2019 the East African Community will mark 20 years since the signing of a treaty to re-establish the organisation after it collapsed in 1977. The regional body has six members - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. To assess what the region has achieved, its...
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Verah Vashti Okeyo - Nation Media Group - Ethnographic Journalism
Verah Vashti Okeyo - Nation Media Group - Ethnographic Journalism by Dickens Olewe
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Dr Kate Wright - Uni of Edinburgh - Who is Reporting Africa Now?
Dr Kate Wright - Uni of Edinburgh - Who is Reporting Africa Now? by Dickens Olewe
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Musikilu Mojeed - Editor Premium Times - Covering Nigeria elections
Musikilu Mojeed - Editor Premium Times - Covering Nigeria elections by Dickens Olewe
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John-Allan Namu - Co-founder Africa Uncensored - Reporting the Dusit terror attack
John-Allan Namu - Co-founder Africa Uncensored - Reporting the Dusit terror attack by Dickens Olewe
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Yinka Adegoke - Editor Quartz Africa - Breaking into the African media market
Journalism Innovation in Africa.
About this show
Dickens Olewe is a Kenyan journalist currently working for the BBC in London. He was a 2015 John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University. The fellowship focusses on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership in journalism. He was the founding digital content manager at the Star newspaper in Kenya where he led the establishment of the newspaper's digital department including its website, social media platforms and audience engagement strategy.He's been a speaker on several media subjects including: drone journalism, digital publishing platforms, media trends, mobile journalism, social media for news, user engagement and crowdsourcing news, at several journalism conferences around the world including: SxSw, re:publica, ONA and the World News Media Congress. He's been a trainer for WAN-IFRA emerging markets webinar series and Internews.
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