The Conversation Africa
Project Title
For global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
African scholars produce in-depth research on peace and security issues that rarely appears in formats accessible to policymakers and the interested public. At the same time, journalists often lack access to specialist expertise to inform their reporting on these issues. To address these disconnects, AllAfrica, a leading online source of news across Africa, began working with African peacebuilding scholars in 2018 to produce multimedia content for and with its network of more than 100 news and policy-oriented organizations. With renewed Corporation support, AllAfrica will continue to produce this content, conduct briefings between media leaders and peace researchers, facilitate policy dialogues, and disseminate peacebuilding analyses. In addition to publishing original content and providing consistent coverage of underreported crises, the project’s emphasis on engaging African media professionals and fostering connections among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers is a key strength.
Project Title
For global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the peace and security challenges facing Africa and highlighted the importance of widely available evidence-based information. The public and policy community can benefit from the insights, research, and analyses of academic experts in responding to this crisis and its aftereffects. The journalism sector is critical to providing information to help decision-makers on the continent and beyond design effective policy responses, as well as inform and empower the public to advocate for sound policies. The Conversation Africa’s (TC-Africa) model provides a free to read, free to republish platform for experts to communicate their research, bridging the gap between the academy and the public and policy community and supporting efforts to advance African growth and development in the shadow of the pandemic. Through its republishing mechanism, TC-Africaarticles have been featured in a wide range of major publications, supplementing shrinking newsrooms and enabling the broad dissemination of rigorous and readable research.
Project Title
For global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the peace and security challenges facing Africa that have a bearing on peace- and security-related issues. Among these are the continued viability of the journalism sector and obstacles to disseminating and gaining access to expertise. This sector is critical to providing credible, evidence-based information to help decision-makers on the continent and beyond to design effective policy responses, as well as to informing and empowering the public to advocate for sound policies. The Conversation Africa (TC-Africa) provides a free to read and republish platform for experts to communicate their research in easily accessible form to both policymakers and the public. Through its republishing mechanism, TC-Africa articles have been featured in numerous major publications, supplementing shrinking newsrooms and enabling the broad dissemination of rigorous and readable research.
Project Title
For global, open-access, knowledge-based journalism to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Citizens and communities in Africa and across the globe need access to authoritative information to assist them in understanding and advocating for sound public policies. In Africa, as elsewhere, policymakers share the need for evidence-based analysis and information that can inform their responses to complex problems. While African media play an important role in informing policymakers, there are few opportunities for academics to share insights from their in-depth research with broad audiences. To address this gap, The Conversation Africa (TC-Africa) provides both citizens and policymakers on the continent and beyond with scholarly journalism on a user-friendly, web-based platform. Written by African experts living on the continent, articles published by TC-Africa reflect unique and informed, on-the-ground perspectives.