Yesterday on 26th August, 2008 was the second day of the internet workshop for Tanzanian Journalists. A lecturer started by showing us some of the websites which are used to get information such as www.drudgereport.com, www.amazon.com, www.slashdot.org, www.easyjet.com and www.easypizza.com. We were also taught on how to edit information using wikipedia website in which we edited the information about Musoma.
A Lecturer gave as an assignment to explain why we joined the internet workshop, what did we read on Monday and what topics we want to be covered in the following days. This assignment aimed at opening our own blog in which we were able to do so after completing the assignment. Then after opening the blog we posted our assignment.
Another thing which was done yesterday was about the topic on the internet in everyday journalism in which a lecturer taught us how internet is a toll in journalism. We were able to know a journalists source of news which includes eyes and ears, individual sources, people, contents, press releases and other media.
In addition to that, we were taught on which ways can practically all journalists in any media benefits from the internet. We saw that the journalist can benefit from internet through sources of stories we produce, a global collection of newspapers and other information, sources of facts or background of information, search for people, looking for facts in editing and checking for grammar.
Then, the lecturer introduced us global collection of newspapers and other information. We started by opening the website of Tanzania government and the parliament as well as different media in Tanzania following by other in Kenya, then Uganda and at last in developed countries.
Through this workshop I have experienced several websites which can be used to look for information in my editing work. I believe it will be easier for me to get information quickly whenever I need to do so.
Yesterday, I was able to open my own blog which will be used as my personal online diary.
I visited several websites includes www.ippmedia.com, www.mwananchi.co.tz, www.thecitizen.co.tz, www.dailnews.habarileo.co.tz, www.habarileo.co.tz, www.majira.com, www.businesstimes.com, www.newhabari.com, www.raiamwema.co.tz, www.freemedia.com, www.arushatimes.co.tz, www.theexpress.com, www.startvtz.com, www.cloudsfm.com, www.tanzania.go.tz, www.tzonline.org, www.tanserve.com, www.kafoi.com, www.jamiiforums.com, www.bbc.co.uk, www.parliament.co.org, www.cnn.com, www.reuters.com, http://english.aljazeera.net, http://africa.reuters.com, http://ispnews.net, www.irinnews.org, www.nation.co.ke, www.monitor.co.ug, www.mg.co.za, www.guardian.co.uk and www.allafrica.com.
I was happy to visit several media which are used to get information through internet especially www.allafrica.com which is a news source in you can read all African newspaper. I am glad to know this website because I was not aware of it before the workshop.
The problem I experienced yesterday was the network which made me to fail visiting some of the website. And also I found that some of the websites are not updated for more than three months something which deny people's right to get information because news is news when it is new.
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