Re: Chief Bisong Etahoben's Investigative Report Published in a UNESCO Book.

Congratulations Chief and more grease to your elbows

Aaron




On 10/2/12, Greig Batey <bateygreig20@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Cameroon Investigative journalist Chief Bisong Etahoben has made history by
> becoming the first Cameroonian journalist whose work has been published by
> UNESCO in a book on investigative journalism to be used around the world.
> The book tittled " THE GLOBAL Investigative Journalism Casebook" was
> officially launched at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris September 17,2012
> and is edited by Professor Mark Lee Hunter.
> According to a statement by UNESCO, " The Casebook aims to enable and
> enhance the exchange of good practices and networking in investigative
> journalism worldwide". The UNESCO statement reveals that the book contains
> the best 20 "recent investigative stories from around the world, covering a
> wide verity of topical subjects such as freedom of information, good
> governmance, social and legal issues, the enviroment, health and gender.
> Each article is accompanied by an explanation of how the authors conducted
> their research and wrote their pieces.
> Many of the authors belong to the Global Investigative Journalism Network,
> and their stories exemplify the cutting-edge techniques and high standards
> developed  within this network. At a time when media landscapes are rapidly
> changing, journalism today needs to clearly show its added  value for public
> interest.
> In this light, credible investigative stories, like the kind promoted in
> this book, are increasingly important for highlighting the continuing
> importance of professional journalistic work. The Casebook thus serves as a
> key knowledge resource, providing a valuable learning opportunity for
> journalists and media professionals, as well as for journalism trainers and
> educators. It will also be used by UNESCO field offices to conduct training
> courses in investigative reporting. This book can be seen online at
> :- http://unesdoc.org/images/0021/002176/217636e.pdf
> The investigative report by Chief Bisong Etahoben, which appears in chapter
> eight of the book, was part of a trans-national investigation carried out in
> 2010 by the Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) on the eve of
> the first World Cup soccer tournment ever held in Africa. Title " KILLING
> SOCCER IN AFRICA", the investigative report was published in more than one
> hundred news outlets around the world.
> In fact, Chief Etahoben and his newspaper the WEEKLY POST were prime-movers
> behind the investigation which was FAIR's first Arizona project. The aim of
> the investigation was to find out why no African nation has ever reached the
> semi-finals of the World Cup despite the fact that Africa has some of the
> world's best stars who shine in various international soccer leagues.
> Chief Bissong Etahoben's story focused mostly on corruption in football
> within Cameroon's soccer governing body FECAFOOT and the Ministry of Sports
> in Cameroon. Chief Etahoben has since travelled to Kiev in the Ukraine where
> he presented his report during the Global Investigative Journalism
> Conference that held there from October 10 to 17,2011, Cotonou in Benin,
> Johannesburg in South Africa where he presented the story in the University
> of the Wittswatersrand during the African Ivestigative Journalism Conference
> and recently he was in Dakar-Senegal, where his investigation on Barter
> Trade in Cameroon was a case study during the West African FAIR Conference.
> He just finished participating in another ground-breaking trans-national
> investigation on fairtrade in cocoa.
> Chief Bissong Etahoben is publisher of the WEEKLY POST newspaper and has
> been writing extensively for various local and international media. He has
> been reporting for the Nation Media Group since June1,2011. He is a board
> member of FAIR with headquarters in South Africa and presides over its
> Finance Committee. He is an active member of Global Investigative Journalism
> Network, Reporters without Frontiers, European Investigative Journalism
> Fund, the International Press Institue, etc.
> Good reporting Chief Bissong Etahoben, you make our mentor Patrick Tataw
> Obenson (RIP) smile in his grave. Congratulations.
> Batey Greig


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