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Exploring a Practice-Oriented Methodology for Measuring News Media Quality in Tanzania
African Journalism Studies (2025), 19 pp.
"Measuring the quality of news media is a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of enabling informed decision-making among citizens. Despite the lack of consensus on its definition and measurement, this paper introduces a practice-oriented methodology for evaluating news media quality across print, ra
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Media Assistance: Mind the Gap! A critical review of common practices and strategies. Presentations
Dortmund: Erich-Brost-Institut; Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2025), 202 slides
"This is a compilation of the presentations at the fome conference on "Media Assistance: Mind the Gap!" from September 30 – October 1, 2024, in Dortmund." (commbox)
The State of Journalism Reporting in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam: School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Dar es Salaam (2022), iv, 50 pp.
"The quality of journalistic reporting in Tanzania reveals a twofold pattern. On the one hand, there is a significant increase in quality in 2022 relative to the quality performance reported in 2019. In fact, the performance in many quality criteria for all media types has improved in terms of multi
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No Newspapers Here: Information Needs Assessments Among Refugees and Host Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Exploratory Phase 2019
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 177 pp.
"When DW Akademie started a new media development project on Refugees and Migration in Africa in 2019, we knew our objective: We wanted to find ways to improve access to information for people affected by displacement, to provide channels for these people to express themselves and to improve the dia
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The Use of Theories of Change in Media and Governance Programmes
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) (2019), 41 pp.
"In this study, we have seen that, in contrast to causal models, narrative and overview models of Theories of Change are mainly used by donors and implementing organisations. However, causal models offer a lot more information that would help improve project planning, as well as monitoring and evalu
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Yearbook on Media Quality in Tanzania: 2019 Report
Dar es Salaam: School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Dar es Salaam (2019), 45 pp.
"The overall quality of media reporting in Tanzania in 2019 has gone down. Compared to 2018, the Media Quality Index for all media dropped from 28% to 26.8%. Among media types, the print media’s performance dropped most. Many aspects illustrate the trend. It is clear that media houses now rely on
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Entrepreneurial Journalism in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks for Media in the Digital Age. Learnings from a Conference Held by KAS Media Africa in Accra, Ghana, 16-19 September 2018
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2019), 64 pp.
"[...] there seems to be an understanding that the media is important and that society needs the media. In October 2018, KAS Media Africa, therefore, gathered the CEOs of media houses, publishers and editors-in-chief from 16 different countries, both from Anglophone and Frenchspeaking Africa, in Acc
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Journalism and Journalism Education in Developing Countries
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Manipal, Kanartaka: Manipal Universal Press (2019), vi, 250 pp.
"This book provides an international perspective on the different aspects of journalism – the situation in which journalists work, their working conditions, educational backgrounds, struggles and successes. It is aimed at an international public interested in the field of journalism and freedom of
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The Need and the Opportunities for Sustainability: The Case of Local Radio Stations in Tanzania
Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 38-59
"Local radio stations have mushroomed in Africa, including Tanzania, partly due to increased support from international donors. However, research results show that the lack of economic viability is a major constraint for local radio stations. They can hardly generate sufficient revenues from adverti
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Audience Research in Media Development: Overview, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
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Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2017), 49 pp.
"This publication takes a look at current developments in the field of audience research in media development and presents three case studies testing innovative methods that can be of use for research, monitoring, and evaluation. They are meant as an orientation and inspirational source for future p
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La couverture de Studio Tamani et sa contribution au processus de paix au Mali: Étude exploratoire des caractéristiques relatives aux bulletins d’information et aux Grands Dialogues de Studio Tamani ainsi que de ses contributions possibles à une évolution des savoirs et des points de vue
Winterthur: IAM Institut d’études médiatiques appliquées Université des Sciences Appliquées de Zurich (2016), 89 pp.
"Ce compte-rendu présente les résultats d'une étude s'appuyant sur une méthode à la fois innovante et éprouvée pour mettre en lumière les effets d'un programme radiophonique d'informations et de débats au mali. La présente étude poursuit deux objectifs : d’une part, il s’agit d’iden
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Triggering Change: How Investigative Journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa Contribute to Solving Problems in Society
Journalism, volume 17, issue 8 (2016), pp. 1074-1094
"This article analyses 12 cases of investigative journalism in Sub-Saharan Africa. The reporters all claimed to have contributed to change processes by influencing government policy, action by state administration, supporting the uptake of scientific solutions or provoking public debate. An assessme
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Content Analysis: Measuring the Success of Journalism Capacity Building
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 8 pp.
"In this paper we describe how quality in reporting could be measured through content analysis. We show that this approach, although somewhat technical, is feasible. It can help projects to become better and more successful. As a suggestion for practitioners in media development we present three opt
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Advances in African and Arab Science Journalism: Capacity Building and New Newsroom Structures Through Digital Peer-To-Peer Support
African Journalism Studies, volume 35, issue 2 (2014), pp. 4-22
"Journalists who regularly cover science, health, environment and technology in Africa and the Arab world face a number of difficulties: Lack of elementary resources for journalistic research, and newsroom environments that are not always supportive of specialised reporting. Also a need for capacity
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Kenya's Media Landscape: A Success Story with Serious Structural Challenges
Leipzig: Vistas (2014), 180 pp.
"Kenya’s 2010 Constitution guarantees press freedom in a way the country has never previously seen. However, the concentration of media ownership and pending consensus on new media legislation are tarnishing the triumphs of Kenya’s media liberalization and development. Regulation of news content
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Assessment of Quality in Reporting with TMF Grants: Comparison of Works by Various TMF Grantees with Non-TMF Reporters’ Works
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2013), 28 pp.
"The results of this content analysis comparing TMF grantees with non-TMF control group show a remarkable performance of TMF. In many areas the TMF group performs significantly better than the control group which can be attributed to TMF's work. Significant good performance of TMF was found in the f
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"Good Information is in Short Supply": Kenyan Farmers and Their Assessment of Information on Agricultural Innovation
Zürich: Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW); Multimedia University College of Kenya (MMU) (2013), 50 pp.
"This research project addressed specifically the information-seeking behaviour of small scale farming households in Kenya. It focused on how farmers are informed about innovation on new methods of increasing agricultural productivity, which is one of the main challenges for Africa's agriculture and
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Deepening Participation and Improving Aid Effectiveness Through Media and ICTs: A Practical Manual Translating Lessons Learned Into Daily Practice
Berne: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2011), 25 pp.
"A critical review of project reports, studies, and evaluations was conducted to distil lessons learned and find out what really works and why. The results of this review are close to a paradigm shift: Starting as a magic solution from its beginnings, ICTs are now considered as just another normal m
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The Media as “fourth Power” of the Political System
In: Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) Madagascar
Oliver Jütersonke, Moncef Kartas (ed.)
Geneva: Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) Centre on Conflict Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (2010), pp. 52-60
"The main problem of journalism in Madagascar is not the much-discussed “politicization”, i.e. the political bias in some media in favour of one side or another. As long as such opinions are transparent, such bias need not be to the detriment of the media sector; indeed, other countries bear tes
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A Look at Radio Works in Liberia: The Listeners’ Perceptions. Use, Habits, Expectations and Assessments from Radio Listeners in Liberia
Winterthur; Monrovia: Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW); Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) (2008), 27 pp.
"This research project in Liberia has tried to do first steps to understand in detail the quality of media, especially radio, in Liberia and what the audience is thinking of and expecting from the media. Being the first of its kind in Liberia after the end of the civil war it has investigated a) the
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