Spreading the love and good of journalism

Staff ReporterThe Covid-19 pandemic brought forth a digital wave for many industries, especially the media sphere in Namibia. The My Zone school newspaper project followed this trend but will be combining both the old and the new in the New Year that is fast approaching.After analysing the feedback from schools and deliberating within the team and the Namibia Media Holdings (NMH) management, all 58 schools that are a part of the school newspaper project will see their newspapers being published again as hard copies.With the advent of Covid-19 in Namibia, the My Zone school newspaper project embraced digital media and decided to scale down on the printing of the school newspapers. The schools that are part of the project only saw the front page of their school newspapers being printed in The Zone publication, with the rest of the school newspaper published online.Seven new schools will be joining the school newspaper project. From the South: PK de Viliers High School, Keetmanshoop Private School and Suiderlig High School. From the North: St Boniface College, Mauritz Davenish High School, Oshakati Secondary School and Outjo Secondary School. The project started in 2015 with only 24 schools in the Khomas Region, but after seven years the project has expanded to 58 schools countrywide. All the schools are coordinated by My Zone journalists based in the Hardap, Erongo, Otjozondjupa, Oshana and Khomas regions. The objective of the project is to create a generation that understands the importance of free, fair and independent media; to invest in a generation that has access to information and understands why access to information is important, and to teach the responsibility that comes with ‘knowing’; to establish a platform where the marginalised youth of Namibia can make their voices heard; and to develop the industry and life skills of participating learners.

Spreading the love and good of journalism

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Namibian Sun 2022-05-26

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