UNESCO's IPDC enhances media capacity at Radio St. Lucia
31-03-2006 (Kingston)
Newsroom in action prior to IPDC
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UNESCO’s International Programme for the development of Communication (IPDC) supports the creation of a digital newsroom at Radio St. Lucia (RSL).
The digital newsroom is one of 10 media development projects supported by IPDC in the Caribbean in 2005. It is the only one of its kind in St. Lucia and completes Phase 1 of a media capacity development project with RSL.
According to RSL Station Manager, Roger Josephs, “the implementation of the digital newsroom has improved efficient news production 600 folds…”. “This results in news with greater quality and allows more time for production of public service broadcast content”, he says.
In Phase 2 of the project, quality of media content will be improved through enhancing capacity building and training for journalists and news correspondents. More than 30 journalists and news correspondents from St. Lucia as well as the Eastern Caribbean will be trained in electronic news gathering, production and dissemination; paying special attention to technological convergence and reporting for multiple media platforms.
The training aims to enhance effective citizen participation and discussion through access to accurate, credible and timely information. Special attention will be given to the training of news correspondents working in rural areas in an effort to address the urban-centric imbalance in broadcast media and improve the communication capacity of remote and rural communities.
This phase of the project will be implemented by Radio St. Lucia in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC).
Radio St. Lucia is publicly owned and is the largest media house with the strongest signal coverage in St. Lucia.
According to RSL Station Manager, Roger Josephs, “the implementation of the digital newsroom has improved efficient news production 600 folds…”. “This results in news with greater quality and allows more time for production of public service broadcast content”, he says.
In Phase 2 of the project, quality of media content will be improved through enhancing capacity building and training for journalists and news correspondents. More than 30 journalists and news correspondents from St. Lucia as well as the Eastern Caribbean will be trained in electronic news gathering, production and dissemination; paying special attention to technological convergence and reporting for multiple media platforms.
The training aims to enhance effective citizen participation and discussion through access to accurate, credible and timely information. Special attention will be given to the training of news correspondents working in rural areas in an effort to address the urban-centric imbalance in broadcast media and improve the communication capacity of remote and rural communities.
This phase of the project will be implemented by Radio St. Lucia in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC).
Radio St. Lucia is publicly owned and is the largest media house with the strongest signal coverage in St. Lucia.
Alton Grizzle being interviewed with new equipment.© UNESCO
RSL Chairman receives a kit from UNESCO National Commission Secretary-General© UNESCO
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