The Women Media Leaders’ Bootcamp organized by the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF) recently held in Kenya.
The Bootcamp was attended by female journalists from across the continent.
Rhoda Olorunfemi compiles tweets to note from the conference.
@newspaperworld #womeninnews #IWMFAGL #mediamanagement #Kenya #mentoring #leadership
@cgicherul1- I don’t believe in asking for advancement- it’s mine
@paulafray: treat your audiences with a lot of more respect and consideration; we are no longer the only gate keepers
@Catherine Gicheru: we no longer need to be beholden old school. Harnessing the power of data
@CatherineGicheru: we need to be able to use data that’s available to finds out where the truth is
@cgicheru1: we need to be able to give out audiences a kind of road map
@pamella makotsi Sittoni: you cannot afford to look at them (men) as adversaries but rather learn from each other
@Pamella makotsi Sittoni: technology including social media, has given us space and audience to reach out to the world at greater speed. Let’s embrace
@paulafray : the barriers female journalists face in the newsroom are a series of systematic challenges. And the biggest ones are those that you can not see.
@paulafray: Media entities need to think about podcasts. I don’t listen to radio in my car anymore. I have downloaded podcast so wherever I am in the world I can listen to the same people and the same programme
@tamera_niko: Journalists worldwide are increasingly under attack for doing their jobs
@itsjina: trauma changes the rules, so we have to change our ours
@paulafray: we need to put media at the centre of our mandate
@paulafray: You can get everything through the internet free of charge. No elsewhere of university you may go to get courses
@barbarakaiya: if your Director harass you please tell his wife
@paulafray: Breaking news is becoming digital
@Itsjina: what is your role, what is your purpose?
@pamsittoni: this is your time, seize the moment
@paulafray: media leader need still to make changes
@itsjina: in every newsroom in the world there is never a space that is big enough to address trauma