To me, blogging about working as a journalist in Africa is often as important (if less lucrative) than working as a journalist in Africa (which is also not lucrative). My blog is an outlet for the stories that don't work in the mainstream media, photos that don't make the wire, and thoughts about daily life that otherwise wouldn't see the light of day.
Awhile back, I posted a list of journalists who work in Africa and blog. I asked for other suggestions, and I've gotten them. Here's an updated list:
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Africa Journalists Blogging
To me, blogging about working as a journalist in Africa is often as important (if less lucrative) than working as a journalist in Africa (which is also not lucrative). My blog is an outlet for the stories that don't work in the mainstream media, photos that don't make the wire, and thoughts about daily life that otherwise wouldn't see the light of day.
Awhile back, I posted a list of journalists who work in Africa and blog. I asked for other suggestions, and I've gotten them. Here's an updated list:(In no particular order)
In Nairobi, Nick Wadhams
In Kigali, Jina Moore
In Khartoum, Andrew Heavens
Also in Nairobi, Derek Kilner
All over the place, David Axe
In Zambia, Aaron Leaf
In Nigeria, Wil Conors
All over the place, G. Pascal Zachary
In Nairobi, and elsewhere, Shashank Bengali
In Nairobi and elsewhere, photojournalist Micah Albert
In Nairobi and elsewhere, Rob Crilly
In Nairobi and elsewhere, Steve Bloomfield
In Monrovia, Myles Estey
In Abidjan, Pauline
In Congo and elsewhere, photojournalist TJ Kirkpatrick
In Nairobi and elsewhere, photojournalist J Carrier
In Cairo, photojournalist and editor Ben Curtis
In Congo and elsewhere, unnamed author of African Heros
And also,
Formerly all over Africa and still writing about Africa, Alex Belida
Formerly in Kampala, now in Mexico City, Alexis Okeowo
JHR folks
Frontline folks
From Jogany:
Mialy http://mialisenfout.hautetfort.com/
Randy Donny http://randydoit.hautetfort.com/
From Diário da África
www.diariodaafrica.blogspot.com
Via email, from Eric Jon Magsun,
Heba Aly (who was recently kicked out of Sudan) -- http://hebasenegal.blogspot. comPeter Eichstaedt (IWPR) -- http://petereichstaedt. blogspot.comBlake Evans-Pritchard (formerly in Sudan; now in Italy) -- http://blakerig.wordpress.comAlex Halperin -- http://halperin.wordpress.comNico Colombant -- http://thirdratetropics. blogspot.comRichard Lough -- http://nairobinotebook. typepad.comMichael Deibert (formerly in DR Congo; now in Australia) -- http://michaeldeibert. blogspot.comGretchen L. Wilson -- http://gretchenlwilson.comKristin Palitza -- http://www.kristinpalitza.comMvemba Phezo Dizolele -- http://dizolele.comJohn Liebhardt -- http://africaflak.blogspot.comNeil McCartney (South African photojournalist) -- http://neilmccartney.blogspot. comRicci Shryock -- http://www.riccimedia.com
UPDATE April 21:
I forgot to put one of my recently-started-reading it favorites:
In Senegal, Rose
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