Comments for Wingseed Media http://wingseedmedia.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:19:19 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Clients and projects by Linda http://wingseedmedia.com/clients/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Linda Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:19:19 +0000 http://wingseedmedia.com/?page_id=123#comment-20 Mazeltov! Well done. Mazeltov! Well done.

]]> Comment on Stop Stockouts: New media use leads to mainstream media coverage by Access to Medicines – End Stockouts « Governance Response to HIV/AIDS http://wingseedmedia.com/stop-stockouts-new-media-use-leads-to-mainstream-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Access to Medicines – End Stockouts « Governance Response to HIV/AIDS Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:10:59 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-18 [...] August 13, 2009 at 7:10 pm · Filed under Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and tagged: AIDS, ARVs, HIV, ICTs, mobile, public health South African blogger Brett Davidson tells of an innovative internet campaign aimed at increasing access to medicines by calling for an end to “stockouts” – the problem of medicines regularly being out of stock at government health facilities. To counter government denials that stockouts are a problem, the campaigners – in Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Malawi – held a “pill check” week where researchers visited public health institutions around their countries to check on the availability of a list of 10 essential medicines that the World Health Organisation says should be readily available in public health facilities. The team reported the results through text messages on their cellphones and the data was reflected in an online mapping of the country highlighting areas where medicines are out of stock. http://wingseed.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/stop-stockouts-new-media-use-leads-to-mainstream-media-cove... [...] [...] August 13, 2009 at 7:10 pm · Filed under Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and tagged: AIDS, ARVs, HIV, ICTs, mobile, public health South African blogger Brett Davidson tells of an innovative internet campaign aimed at increasing access to medicines by calling for an end to “stockouts” – the problem of medicines regularly being out of stock at government health facilities. To counter government denials that stockouts are a problem, the campaigners – in Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Malawi – held a “pill check” week where researchers visited public health institutions around their countries to check on the availability of a list of 10 essential medicines that the World Health Organisation says should be readily available in public health facilities. The team reported the results through text messages on their cellphones and the data was reflected in an online mapping of the country highlighting areas where medicines are out of stock. http://wingseed.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/stop-stockouts-new-media-use-leads-to-mainstream-media-cove... [...]

]]> Comment on Stop Stockouts: New media use leads to mainstream media coverage by Gerald Businge http://wingseedmedia.com/stop-stockouts-new-media-use-leads-to-mainstream-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Gerald Businge Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:20:27 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-19 Hello, I have enjoyed reading your posts, espeically this one on how documenting online can help one get in the mainstream media. This is one big opportunity that companies and organisations are failing to understand. The best way to attract maximum media attention is to develop your own practical ability to communicate continously on your website. The news sections on company and organisational website should be filled with the latest in the organisation's activities. If these are well written and journalistically tailored, the mainstream media will certainly pick such articles and information. Our media houses in Africa are not financially able to follow up all stories and issues all the time and getting the news near them ...at least tips for news through your own articles or blogs is a good effort. Also, like you mentioned, many organisations make boring presentations to journalists at press conferences and expect the journalists to do the interpretation and further research...when there is a simpler story to do. We have a product at our compnay encourging Organisations to learn to communicate and write in reportage form so that journalists can easily pick their activities as news. As a journalist, i know there is nothing goodf like landing on well prepared information in news article form...if well researched and quoted. As a media consultant, i have seen many of the press releases we write appear as is in newspapers and other media, or news we write for clients on their websites being regulary quoted in mainstream media. There is no day when the media will be able to cover all issues you would want...as organisation, you just have to learn to communicate. Apart from being able to reach some small audience on your website, you are able to provide information that news people can rely...factual well prepared info. Gerald Businge +256772627676 Hello,

I have enjoyed reading your posts, espeically this one on how documenting online can help one get in the mainstream media.

This is one big opportunity that companies and organisations are failing to understand. The best way to attract maximum media attention is to develop your own practical ability to communicate continously on your website.

The news sections on company and organisational website should be filled with the latest in the organisation’s activities. If these are well written and journalistically tailored, the mainstream media will certainly pick such articles and information.

Our media houses in Africa are not financially able to follow up all stories and issues all the time and getting the news near them …at least tips for news through your own articles or blogs is a good effort. Also, like you mentioned, many organisations make boring presentations to journalists at press conferences and expect the journalists to do the interpretation and further research…when there is a simpler story to do.

We have a product at our compnay encourging Organisations to learn to communicate and write in reportage form so that journalists can easily pick their activities as news. As a journalist, i know there is nothing goodf like landing on well prepared information in news article form…if well researched and quoted. As a media consultant, i have seen many of the press releases we write appear as is in newspapers and other media, or news we write for clients on their websites being regulary quoted in mainstream media.

There is no day when the media will be able to cover all issues you would want…as organisation, you just have to learn to communicate. Apart from being able to reach some small audience on your website, you are able to provide information that news people can rely…factual well prepared info.

Gerald Businge
+256772627676

]]> Comment on The blessing and curse of media independence by saira yasin http://wingseedmedia.com/the-blessing-and-curse-of-media-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-13 saira yasin Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:49:19 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=63#comment-13 nice one ! nice one !

]]> Comment on AIDC starts quarterly news diary by Global Voices Online » South Africa: Amandla! News Diary to support community media http://wingseedmedia.com/aidc-starts-quarterly-news-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Global Voices Online » South Africa: Amandla! News Diary to support community media Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:31:11 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-16 [...] Brett writes about a new project to support community media in South Africa: “The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) is working in partnership with the National Community Radio forum (NCRF) to produce a quarterly Amandla! News Diary. The Diary aims to support community media projects in South Africa…” Cancel this reply [...] [...] Brett writes about a new project to support community media in South Africa: “The Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) is working in partnership with the National Community Radio forum (NCRF) to produce a quarterly Amandla! News Diary. The Diary aims to support community media projects in South Africa…” Cancel this reply [...]

]]> Comment on About by Katharine http://wingseedmedia.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Katharine Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:43:23 +0000 http://wingseedmedia.com/?page_id=69#comment-4 I liked the piece on demising newspapers I liked the piece on demising newspapers

]]> Comment on Tips from a top Nigerian PR man by Bronwen Muller http://wingseedmedia.com/tips-from-a-top-nigerian-pr-man/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Bronwen Muller Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:00:10 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=4#comment-8 Cool idea!! and very refreshing to have tips from Nigerian expert instead of the ubiquitous US/UK tips. love the site. Cool idea!! and very refreshing to have tips from Nigerian expert instead of the ubiquitous US/UK tips. love the site.

]]> Comment on It's a date! by Matthew de Gale http://wingseedmedia.com/its-a-date/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Matthew de Gale Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:52:20 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-11 We've got a bunch of size A0 printed copies available as well. Come past our offices in Braamfontein if you'd like some - we can post some to you to (we'll probably charge p&p). We’ve got a bunch of size A0 printed copies available as well. Come past our offices in Braamfontein if you’d like some – we can post some to you to (we’ll probably charge p&p).

]]> Comment on Plain speaking by Nader Tadros http://wingseedmedia.com/plain-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Nader Tadros Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:43:47 +0000 http://wingseed.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-9 I really love this piece. Great, to the point, and educational! Thanks! I really love this piece. Great, to the point, and educational! Thanks!

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