Final feedback on what we are taking home

On the final day of the training, the participants filled in an assessment questionnaire and also published some postings giving feedback on the training, whether the training week met their expectations and was useful for them in their daily endeavours as editors or as trainers of the new generations of journalists to come.

According to the questionnaire replies, the participants were all pretty happy about the intensive week we’ve had, although some wished that the training would have been even longer, and others complained about the slow speed of the network on some of the days.

Below are some of the comments from the blog postings of the participants.

Revocatus Makaranga says that the programme was very useful for him. It also became clear to him that during the age of internet the mainstream media should develop new ways to present their news to the public.

Edward Kinabo suggests that newspapers would focus on more investigative stories in order to sustain their readership.

Deo Mushi says that he’s pretty sure that the knowledge he got from this course will benefit his colleagues in the editorial office at the Daily News.

Issa Athumani of SJMC writes that “I am a trainer, and carrying this knowledge with me means a lot to my trainees.”

Anicetus Mwesa, Jambo Leo, says that the new knowledge he has gained will help him do his job as a sports editor more effectively.

Betty Tesha from TBC says that she will in the future use the internet and websites for finding more details to her radio programmes. She has already opened a blog for her programme called Kona ya vijana, The Youth Corner.

I also want to thank all participants for a great week with lots of debates and constructive arguments. Thanks to MISA-Tanzania and especially Cecilia Mng’ong’o and Andrew Marawiti for facilitating the event and to Marko Gideon for the pre-training preparations. Thanks also to the IT support and catering at TGDLC and to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland for the funding of the whole internet training programme.