{"id":6784,"date":"2020-12-03T08:32:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6784"},"modified":"2020-12-03T08:32:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:32:56","slug":"absence-of-press-freedom-free-speech-is-absence-of-god-given-freedom-amdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6784","title":{"rendered":"Absence Of Press Freedom,\u00a0 Free Speech Is Absence Of God Given Freedom &#8211; AMDF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Absence Of Press Freedom,\u00a0 Free Speech Is Absence Of God Given Freedom &#8211; AMDF<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) has expressed worries over the way journalists are being treated particularly in African countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It said many of the African leaders are working hard to muzzle the press and stifle freedom of expression and that any act that suppresses such freedom counters the will of God.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Executive Director of AMDF, Iliya Kure stated this in his welcome address during the opening of the\u00a0Africa Conference On Development Journalism held\u00a0on Wednesday via Zoom and live streamed on Facebook page.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While delivering his speech, he urged journalists to display professionalism in their job and never to give in to pressure because it is their role to serve the people as well as hold the leaders accountable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201d We task journalists to continue their work professionally and never bow down to pressure.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We stand with African journalists who are being attacked, imprisoned, or killed, because of their professional role of holding people accountable, especially leaders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cJournalism exists to promote freedom of speech \u2013 in AMDF we believe, absence of press freedom and free speech, is absence of every form of God given freedom. We implore any leader in Africa that has problem with any journalism report, not to abuse power, by using agents to terrorise journalists, or media houses, but go to the court of law to legitimately seek justice \u2013 the courts are meant to ensure justice for all,\u201d he advised.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Iliya Kure in his lamentation over journalists lack of projection on issues impacting on the lives of the masses\u00a0 charged them to focus on stories that\u00a0give voice to the voiceless\u00a0 rather than paying greater attention to political leaders and markets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0He stressed on the need to help monitor as well as evaluate public programmes and policies.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They should also follow-up on stories, to ensure that public pronouncements by officials are translated into actions. He added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Director implored journalists to as professional engage in development journalism saying, it is what will help move the continent forward.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking on the relevance of the theme of the conference, &#8220;Emerging Technologies and Future of Development Journalism&#8217;, the emergence of new technologies he said are beginning to change the way things are done and that the conference will be discussing one of such technologies.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">One of such\u00a0 is the\u00a0blockchain technology. Block chain technology\u00a0 allows digital information to be recorded and distributed as well as a paper that will introduce participants to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Explaining further,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8220;AMDF\u2019s vision is that, Journalists who participate in this conference would be motivated to start writing stories that will lead to positive government policies, programmes and actions in favour of citizens.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAMDF thought it is time to give us a head start, to understand how these technologies work and how they will impact on the practice of journalism and use of other media, hence the theme.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We also have a line of experts who will speak to us on digital policies and issues around digital governance, digital migration and emotional intelligence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We have others that will discuss on Data and how to mine our data, as well as independent journalism. All these will help us navigate through the waters.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged that participants\u00a0 follow closely and pay attention to all presentations during the conference for better assimilation and added knowledge. He emphasized.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absence Of Press Freedom,\u00a0 Free Speech Is Absence Of God Given Freedom &#8211; AMDF Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North &#8211; West, Nigeria The Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) has expressed worries over the way journalists are being treated particularly in African countries. 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