A brief on Citizen Journalism using mobile phone project A Journalism and Media Studies’ Media Outreach Project, supported by Open Society Foundation and Knight Foundation

Outline Editor, Students, Lecturers and learners working together. - Learners sending 160 characters long smses through a gateway to an email inbox. -Collated and redirected to Grocott’s Mail editor The smses are three-fold, -Opinion smses -Mini-news story smses -and Haiku poem smses

Editor, Students, Lecturers and learners working together.

- Learners sending 160 characters long smses through a gateway to an email inbox.

-Collated and redirected to Grocott’s Mail editor

The smses are three-fold,

-Opinion smses

-Mini-news story smses

-and Haiku poem smses

Preparations JMS Student volunteers recruited Given a lesson on - Citizen Journalism - Smsing (i.e. sms style writing ( 2 instead of two ) Grahamstown school visits - Life orientation teachers briefed about the project .

JMS Student volunteers recruited

Given a lesson on

- Citizen Journalism

- Smsing (i.e. sms style writing ( 2 instead of two )

Grahamstown school visits

- Life orientation teachers briefed about the project .

Execution 80 learners invited to a workshop over 2 weekends Given basic skills in writing Mini-news stories, Opinions and Haiku poetry. Supplied with airtime Send one sms at the workshop and the rest as a home work

80 learners invited to a workshop over 2 weekends

Given basic skills in writing Mini-news stories, Opinions and Haiku poetry.

Supplied with airtime

Send one sms at the workshop and the rest as a home work

Nyaluza & Mary-Waters Secondary school learners sending their smses.

Opinion smses from the learners Mancipality is jst wstng muny by rentng carz 4 da cancilor he cud hv jst usd da money 4 da poor 1z.Da cansilor wnt stp crshng bcz he knw hz nt gona pay. UGCINELWENI!I thnk ths conclr mst b rmvd 4rm kla psitn,cz nxt tym it wnt b da cr bt hs own lyf n ada ppls lyf.So it mst b tkn in2 cnsidrtn rly!ITS DANGEROUS!

Mancipality is jst wstng muny by rentng carz 4 da cancilor he cud hv jst usd da money 4 da poor 1z.Da cansilor wnt stp crshng bcz he knw hz nt gona pay.

UGCINELWENI!I thnk ths conclr mst b rmvd 4rm kla psitn,cz nxt tym it wnt b da cr bt hs own lyf n ada ppls lyf.So it mst b tkn in2 cnsidrtn rly!ITS DANGEROUS!

Mini-news smses from the learners In Joza, Maseti str. There was a sewage burts, the owner of the house was nt home,wen she came bck there were people 4rom the Municipality trying 2 cleane! Teachers at Nombulelo high ar complainig, about corruption at school.This include learners who come 2 shool drunk. So the comunity got involved.

In Joza, Maseti str. There was a sewage burts, the owner of the house was nt home,wen she came bck there were people 4rom the Municipality trying 2 cleane!

Teachers at Nombulelo high ar complainig, about corruption at school.This include learners who come 2 shool drunk. So the comunity got involved.

Haiku poetry smses from the learners Tension, so thick...u can almost cut it with a knife-then da teacher farts LIFE.Life is like clock ;swings on bright golden chain;ticking very sofetly ;battery went off Alwys evil,very protective,hate all guys(my mother-in-law) Silky soft fabric,rip,tear and feel it, what a dirty shirt

Tension, so thick...u can almost cut it with a knife-then da teacher farts

LIFE.Life is like clock ;swings on bright golden chain;ticking very sofetly ;battery went off

Alwys evil,very protective,hate all guys(my mother-in-law)

Silky soft fabric,rip,tear and feel it, what a dirty shirt

From the team, thank you!