East4South kick-off: the Polish-Canadian + Zambian perspectives on media and Africa

Kinga Adamczyk - Poland from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo.

Costa Mwansa - Zambia from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo.

East 4 South participants

Development: keep or kick? Africa's time is NOW

"Africa's time is NOW.

It is time for Africans to assume full control over their economic and political destiny. Africans should grasp the many means and opportunities available to them for improving the quality of life," argues Dambisa Moyo (left) an international economist who writes on the macroeconomy and global affairs. She is the author of critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How there is a Better Way for Africa, which details the inefficacy of development aid for poor countries.

No more poverty by 2015?

We are dot-connectors. The watchdogs of power structures.

We have the responsibility of being fair and accurate; to be accountable to our audience and to trust our public's intelligence. We shall inform and inspire further research.

We are journalists. 20 of us, 10 from Africa and 10 from Eastern Europe, will team up to report about Millennium Development Goals in Africa this summer. 

(Top: Costa, a reporter from Zambia, and Aleksandra, a former classmate of mine from the College of Europe.)

Empowerment. Support. Control. Politics. Manipulation. Values. Pity ... = development aid

East4South training starts today in Brussels

Development Awareness from the Roots

Gathering EU and sub-Saharan journalists
to report on international development issues

Varsovie mon amour

English: that's what I hear on the terrace of Coffee Heaven corner Marszalkowska and Aleje Jerozolimskie in Warsaw.

Warsaw, my love. I had left her last June (2009) without really saying goodbye. Oh, how vibrant she is at the moment! I had missed the sound of the trams echoing in her streets, her pretty faces, her language. Her languages, for she is a very cosmopolitan city now.

Portrait video Concours Jeune Correspondant 2010 (Radio-Canada)

Voici les quatre finalistes:

Nom: Kinia Adamczyk
Lieu de résidence: Montréal
Âge: 25 ans

Kinia termine un bac en Communication et en Journalisme à l’Université Concordia pendant lequel elle a notamment remporté un prix Forces avenir pour des reportages effectués au Guatemala et en ex-Yougoslavie.

Elle a aussi suivi un programme en journalisme international aux Pays-Bas et au Danemark et poursuivi des études de 4e cycle à Varsovie en plus de fonder la revue électronique cosmopolitanreview.com

Parlant 6 langues, elle a déjà visité une vingtaine de pays. La gouvernance de l’économie mondiale, la place des femmes dans les sphères du pouvoir et les relations du Canada avec l’Union européenne sont au nombre des enjeux qui l’intéressent particulièrement.