ANNEX 7


LIST OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT IN ANGLOPHONE AFRICA


SUBJECT PROPOSED TITLE OF PUBLICATION OBJECTIVE OF PUBLICATION PROPOSED AUTHORS

1. REPORTING
1. Basic Approach to News
Reporting and Interpretation
Discuss how to handle issues
and problems in interpretative
reporting and writing.
P. Chuba Agba
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria.
2. News Reporting Discuss fundamentals of
news reporting for Nigerian
readers
F.O. Ajoku
Dept. of Mass Comm.
The Polytechnic
Calabar, Nigeria.
3. The Craft of Writing Describe the writer and his
environment and develop-
ment of style.
K. Duffour
Ghana Institute of
Journalism
Accra, Ghana.
4. In-depth Reporting Discuss interpretative and
analytic reporting and
writing for magazines.
N. Etukudo
Dept. of Mass Comm.
The Polytechnic
Calabar, Nigeria.
5. Newswriting Techniques Describe approaches to
newswriting.
M. Kalonga
African Literature
Centre
Kitwe, Zambia.
6. Reporting African Govern-
ments
Describe how to gather news
from African government
officials and write it.
F.P. Kasoma
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia.
7. News Reporting for African
Journalists
Discuss basic and advanced
news reporting techniques
for African journalists.
I.E. Nwosu
Dept. of Mass Comm.
ASUTECH, Enugu,
Nigeria.
8. Writing for Nigerian Media Discuss how to deal with
common problems in
Nigerian media.
C. Onunkwo
Dept. of Mass Comm.
Bayero University
Kano, Nigeria.
9. Reporting Describe newsgathering and
news writing techniques.
P.B. Shija
TSJ
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
10. Newswriting Describe how to select
news items and write
news stories.
School of Journalism
University of Nairobi
Kenya.
2. EDITING 11. Editing a Community
Newspaper
Describe how to edit a
community newspaper.
S.O. Idemili
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria.
12. Headline Writing Describe how to write head-
lines.
M. Kalonga
African Literature
Centre
Kitwe, Zambia.
13. Editing Describe process of editing
news and making layouts.
A. Ngaiza
TSJ
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
3. FEATURE
WRITING
14. Feature Writing Provide basic information
on feature writing.
F. Tembo
African Literature
Centre
Kitwe, Zambia.
4. PHOTO-
JOURNALISM
15. Photojournalism Describe how to take
pictures for national media
and how to produce
photo-features.
E. Friedlander
TSJ
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania.
5. BROADCAST
JOURNALISM
16. Film, video and Television
in Africa
E.K. Abebrese
NAFTI, Accra
Ghana.
17. Development of Broad-
casting in Nigeria
Present a detailed review
of the origins, growth and
challenges of broadcasting
in Nigeria.
J.A. Adejummobi
Dept. of Mass Comm.
The Polytechnic
Ibadan, Nigeria.
18. Radio and Television
Broadcasting
Discuss basic techniques of
broadcast writing and
management of broadcast
media.
T.A. Durojaiye
Dept. of Mass Comm.
Ogun State Polytechnic
Nigeria.
19. Broadcasting Discuss the role of television
in education in Nigeria.
N.J. Igbwedion
Auchi Polytechnic
Auchi, Nigeria.
20. Mike and Men Discuss the tecniques of
broadcast writing.
W. Kobbah-Wureh
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia.
21. Film and Television
in Africa
Martin Loh
NAFTI, Accra
Ghana.
22. The Broadcast Journalist Describe basic principles
and practices in reporting
for radio and television.
Grace Machayo
KIMC
Nairobi, Kenya.
23. Broadcasting in Tanzania:
A Case Study
Describe broadcasting system
in Tanzania between 1951
and 1984.
S. Mwaffisi
TIJ
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania.
24. News Reporting for
Broadcast
Describe how to report
news in the African context
for radio and television.
M. Sichalwe
ZIMCO
Lusaka, Zambia.

6. PUBLIC
RELATIONS
25. Public Relations Discuss public relations
practises in industry and
non-profit organizations.
S.O. Idemili
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Nigeria
Nsukka, Nigeria.
26. Press Relations and Public
Relations
Discuss how press people
and public relations should
work together.
E.S.K. Lyimo
27. Public Relations in Kenya Discuss public relations
problems in Kenya.
Absalom Mutere
School of Journalism
Nairobi, Kenya.

7. HISTORY OF
MASS
COMMUNICATION
28. The Press in East Africa Describe development of the
press in East Africa.
Deogratias Binamungu
Nyengesi Social
Training Institute
Tanzania.
29. Development of Mass Media
in Africa
Trace the historical develop-
ment of radio, television
and press in Africa.
David Newton
GIJ, Accra
Ghana.
30. History of the Nigerian Media M.O. Odebade and
E.J. Umunnakwe
National Institute of
Public Information
Kaduna, Nigeria.

8. MEDIA LAW
31. Media Law in Eastern and
Southern Anglophone Africa
Describe the basic law for
journalists in the Eastern
and Southern African
Anglophone region.
Francis P. Kasoma (ed.)
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia.
32. Guide to Nigerian
Mass Media Law
Examine mass media laws
in Nigeria.
D. Ogunnade
Dept. of Mass Comm.
UNILAG, Lagos
Nigeria.
33. Government and Public
Information
Discuss and suggest public
information order for Nigeria
and other African countries.
S.P. Eze
National Institute of
Public Information
Kaduna, Nigeria.

9.THEORIES OF
MASS
COMMUNICATION
34. Fundamentals of
Communication
Examine communication
theory from an African
perspective.
A.B. Folarin
Dept. of Language
and. Comm. Arts
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria.
35. Introduction to
Communication
U. Jimala
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Maiduguri
Nigeria.
36. Study Points in Mass
Communication
Discuss mass communication
n Africa.
W. Kigotho
KIMC
Nairobi, Kenya.
37. Issues in Mass
Communication
Collection of articles by
students of the School
of Journalism, University
of Nairobi.
J. Mbindyo (ed.)
School of Journalism
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya.

10. RESEARCH IN
MASS
COMMUNICATION
38. Social Research and Third
World Realities
Discuss problems facing
social researchers in the
Third Word.
K. Bosompra
S.C.S.
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana.
39. Communication Research
in Africa
I. Obeng-Quaidoo
S.C.S.
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana.

11. DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION
40. Communication Technologies
and Development in African
Societies
Examine and analyse the
impact of communication
technologies in African
societies.
S.T.K. Boafo
S.C.S.
University of Ghana
Legon, Ghana.
41. Rural Press Training Manual Describe how to set up and
run a rural newspaper.
Francis P. Kasoma,
Dept. of Mass Comm.
University of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia.
42. Rural Press in Tanzania Discuss development of the
rural press in Tanzania
as a tool of development.
Anthony Ngaiza
TSJ
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania.
43. Television in Education
and Training
C. Umeh
Dept. of Liberal Arts
and Mass Comm.
The Federal Polytechnic
Bida, Nigeria.





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