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AFRICAWOMAN Policy and Style Guidelines (Second Draft) June 2003 CONTENTS PART I POLICY What is Africawoman? 3 Our values 3-5 When is it an Africawoman story? 5-7 PART II WRITING STYLE Setting the right tone 8 What are the ingredients of a winning story 8-9 Leading into the story 9-10 Communicate, not confuse 10-11 Quotes 11 Colour 11-12 Language 12 Names, places, time and dates 12-13 Length of articles 13 PART 111 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT News analysis 14-15 Commentary writing 15-16 Investigative journalism 16-18 Reporting projects, conferences and research 18-19 Writing profiles 19-20 PART I POLICY What is Africawoman? Africawoman is a professional news/feature service whose chief objective is to provide a guaranteed platform for the voices of African women to be heard in the debates coming out of the continent. It is the flagship of Africawoman Communications, a non-governmental organisation registered in Kenya as an affiliate of the Scotland-based Worldwoman media charity. Africawoman works closely with the British Council and the Department for International Development. Targeting both print and electronic media, Africawoman is produced by 90 women journalists in nine African countries. The project is currently being undertaken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon....

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