Black journalists offer different view of Africa
Chicago: Western media coverage of Africa focuses primarily on disease, starvation and war and African leaders making strides to advance their countries with ambitious economic initiatives, medical advancements and technological projects are often ignored, said officials from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
“Nowhere in the world does the media focus more upon crisis coverage than in Africa,” said Dr. Djibril Diallo of the United Nations and co-chair of the NABJ World Affairs Task Force. “The stories about the economic resurgence of many African countries, of the resilience of African people in the face of enormous challenges still needs to be told. The result of this unbalanced coverage is far reaching with dangerous distortion of Africa's image in the eyes of the outside world,” Dr. Diallo added.
