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Justin Arenstein
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$1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC)
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Hey guys,I just thought I'd alert you to a new $1m innovation fund for African digital & mobile media entrepreneurs. We're looking for ideas you think would revolutionise African journalism, by…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Amy O'Donnell Dec 16, 2011.

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Amy O'Donnell replied to Justin Arenstein's discussion $1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC)
"Hi Justin,  Thanks so much for letting us know about this great opportunity - it certainly sounds like something very relevant to many FrontlineSMS users. As we embark on the Knight News Challenge project, I'll be sure to spread the word.…"
Dec 16, 2011
kiwanja replied to Justin Arenstein's discussion $1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC)
"Thanks, Justin! Have just tweeted this. Looks great. Ken"
Dec 14, 2011
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$1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC)

Hey guys,I just thought I'd alert you to a new $1m innovation fund for African digital & mobile media entrepreneurs. We're looking for ideas you think would revolutionise African journalism, by changing the way that African media gathers news and also the way that it engages with audiences. We're specifically interested in mobile projects, ranging from data-driven stuff, to text-based.Successful applicants will get cash + engineering support + business mentorship + tickets to world media…See More
Dec 13, 2011
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Justin Arenstein and Amy O'Donnell are now friends
Mar 2, 2011
Joerg Henkel replied to Justin Arenstein's discussion Can SMS Frontline be deployed as an everyday journalistic tool? in the group Media
"Hi, Justin! Beginning of this year our community radio station NURU FM started broadcating officially. I am interested in the newrooms project your are talking about. Would you share some information on this issue?   Kind regards, Joerg"
Jan 15, 2011
Jackie Christie left a comment for Justin Arenstein
"Hi Justin Finally in Accra so would be good to meet up and chat. We are working with the Ghana Community Radio Network so Im sure they would be interested in your citizen journalism work. Do drop me an email and we can meet. Jackie"
Nov 17, 2010
Justin Arenstein left a comment for Jackie Christie
"Jackie, Hi there. I've just read your request to Richard, & thought I should also make contact. I'm a 'rapid response' fellow with the International Center for Journalists (www.icfj.org) in Washington DC, assisting our…"
Jul 23, 2010
Justin Arenstein replied to Justin Arenstein's discussion Can SMS Frontline be deployed as an everyday journalistic tool? in the group Media
"Sharath, Hi there. Just checking whether you've been receiving the various emails I've sent over four month blitz at various newsroom projects in SA, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi, & Sierra Leone. I may also assist with interventions in…"
Jun 30, 2010
Justin Arenstein replied to Laura Walker Hudson's discussion SMS, Media and disasters... in the group Media
"Definitely. I'm flying in Sunday (I think). Would love to compare notes before your session, plus chat about possible synergies, etc. My SA mobile is +27-82-374-0812. Text or call me when you land. Cheers, Justin"
Jun 30, 2010
Justin Arenstein replied to Laura Walker Hudson's discussion SMS, Media and disasters... in the group Media
"Hi Laura, I'm also going to be at HA, & would be happy to share anecdotes from various projects that I've worked on, or had insight into. Cheers, Justin"
Jun 30, 2010
Justin Arenstein left a comment for Elizabeth Sabet
"Hi Elizabeth. Good to hear from you. I'm keen to build synergies between the project I'm assisting with & like-minded people in TZ. So, fire away: what was your question? Cheers, Justin"
Jun 30, 2010
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Jun 30, 2010
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Jun 16, 2010
Justin Arenstein left a comment for Bill Siemering
"Hi Bill. Thanks for the reply. I tried emailing on the address you've given, but kept getting error mssgs? Anyhow, it is good to hear that you're still working in Malawi. I am assisting one of the country's major newspapers to build…"
Jun 15, 2010
Bill Siemering left a comment for Justin Arenstein
"Yes, Justin, we have an on-going project there. Please write to me at siemerimg@attglobal.net Let's talk too. Thanks, Bill"
Jun 14, 2010
Justin Arenstein left a comment for Bill Siemering
"Bill, hi there. I see that you posted about an SMS news project in Zambia & Malawi back in November 2009. Are you still involved with the initiative? I am about to start work with some of Malawi's largest newspapers, building rural news…"
Jun 14, 2010

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Why are you interested in FrontlineSMS? How did you hear about it? (To help us filter out spammers, we need as MUCH detail as possible, else we may not be able to approve your request. If you'd rather not share this information openly please email info@frontlinesms.com before joining)
I am very keen to explore practical ways to deploy FrontlineSMS in the newsrooms of partner media I work with across Africa.

I am especially interested in breaking through the marketing hype surrounding mobile media, and to pilot ways for tools such as FrontlineSMS to be used as an integral part of day-to-day news production.

This means finding ways to use SMS, MMS, audio, camera-phones, and geo-mobile to both report (journalists as the users) and tell (readers as the users) news stories.

And, finally, no innovation will be embraced by struggling media organisations if we cannot show in practical terms how it will either improve cost efficiencies or boost revenues. I am therefore also extremely interested in business models for mobile media.
Tell us about you. (Please also add an image to your profile)
I am a veteran journalist, publisher, and rural media entrepreneur.

I started my career as an anti-corruption journalist, founding and managing an award-winning rural-based investigative news agency. I also founded and ran a rural glossy magazine publishing company, and more recently helped establish a rural commercial radio station.

In addition, I co-founded Africa's largest investigative reporting association, as well as South Africa's largest association of independent publishers, plus the region's only freelance journalist association, and South Africa's new journalist union.

I am a councillor on the South African Press Council, and serve on a number of media industry boards. I also consult for a number of media development agencies across Africa.

I have spent the past year as a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, in the USA's Silicon Valley, exploring ways to leverage the mobile web for African media.
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/justinarenstein

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At 9:30am on November 17, 2010, Jackie Christie said…
Hi Justin
Finally in Accra so would be good to meet up and chat. We are working with the Ghana Community Radio Network so Im sure they would be interested in your citizen journalism work. Do drop me an email and we can meet.
Jackie
At 9:48pm on June 14, 2010, Bill Siemering said…
Yes, Justin, we have an on-going project there.
Please write to me at siemerimg@attglobal.net
Let's talk too.

Thanks,

Bill
 
 
 
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