Gen Zs: Redefining Citizen Journalism using Podcasts & Gaming. Read all about it👇
A4R 🎨 Monthly - a GenZ co creation.
Ciao Trailblazers,
You thought we wanted to brag last month. Wait till you see what we have been up with this month! Winter is coming to an end - finally. So, is the time for many of our volunteers. We would like to thank Amira for helping us organise ourselves - she is a great admin person. We didn’t realise how much paperwork we needed to organise till she came along. Hopefully she will pop back for another round - fingers crossed!
Matilda has also completed her time with us. She built on Cassia’s work of consolidating the post conflict community articles into an e Pub - which will be available your Kindle. Here you will find a collection of around 13 articles consolidated into one publication. Tilda worked closely with Aniruddha on this.
Constatin was supporting us with our technical side - game dev., A4R Coin and more. His time with us has come to an end as well. Hopefully, he can come back when ready again.
It’s not all sad news - we also have a new arrival. Abi from King’s College, London. She joined us as a Citizen Journalist (more on them later) and then decided to stay on. She is interested in building her vocational skills while she is still studying. She will be supporting us on our social media and user experience side.
Our sharing economy model allows GenZ and professionals to share their spare time with us and upskill themselves. This approach helps society, industry and of course our volunteers.
Stay in touch with Abi’s work with us by following her journey with us 👉 here.
Don’t forget to tag us when you share your thoughts on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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Podcasts of the month
Here’s what we’ve shared this month:
✨ Peace Through Women's Voices. Women & Peace building: A Focus on Africa 🌍 with Nicola: Listen and learn here.
Bleeding in Silence: Why Menstruation Shouldn’t Mean Missing School 📚🚺 🤝 with Nayab: Listen and learn here.
From Divided Past to Shared Victories: Rugby & Basketball Uniting Northern Ireland 🇮🇪💙 with Laura & Molly: Listen and learn here.
💔 The Invisible Wounds of War: Mental Health After Conflict in Sri Lanka with Nishiha: Listen and learn here.
Enjoy these podcasts and their accompanying articles & Infograhics for free on Substack for the first three weeks! 😉 You can also listen to all episodes on YouTube, Spotify, or Listen notes.
Take your pick and let us know which one you enjoyed the most!
The Gaming Corner 🎮
Some games from March:
🌟 ‘Shaparak Khorsandi- Iranian-born British comedian and author💪🎭’. Play & read about her experience and enjoy her jokes here.
🌟‘From Arab Spring to Slow Fashion: How Céline's Turning Trends Into Change 🌍✨’. Play & read about her life here.
Refugee to Nobel Winner: His Words Will Change How You See Power. 💔✨ Play & read about the experience here.
You can enjoy lots of the other micro games on our Gaming Studio page here.
We just finished working 14 GenZ from Oxford University. They all developed micro games using Ai. Keep an eye for their work with us.
Opps, forget to mention another 14 will be finishing their one week micro internship at the end of this week as well. So, lots more games for you play with - can’t wait to see you share them with your friends and family.
Victoria - a former design and technology teacher - has been working closely with these GenZs on the gaming side. She designed a user manual for them to create their micro games. It is also being user tested at the moment. We have been thinking about making it available to the wider public as well, so anyone can develop a game for themselves using Ai - what do you think? Let’s us know.
Citizen Journalist Corner
This winter we have worked 42 Citizen Journalists in total. They completed 2 micro courses each from Journalism Now, part of the Thomson Foundation. These are Continuous Professional Development courses mainstream journalists cover as part of their career development. In fact, all the GenZs completed 2 courses each. They then applied these courses during their time with us. They used different mediums like gaming, podcasts, infograhpics and of course the written word.
We have another 15 Citizen Journalists joining us next week from War Studies Department at King’s College, London. They will be with for 3 weeks during April.
Don’t forget to tell everyone you know about the good work going on here.
The Giving Corner
Finally, as we move into April Earth Day is coming up. Climate Change is a key issue for GenZs and of course for the communties we all support. Here is an article highlighting how climate anxiety affected GenZs on a daily basis.
This is a popular podcast with a post and an infographic about how post conflict communities are struggling with these issues as well.
🌳 Untold Environmental Harm & Community Upheaval | Sierra Leone's Peace: 🌍 Deep Dive with Laurence 🎙️💬 - link here.
We encourage you to join the conversation and show your solidarity. Tag us in your acts of support on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and BlueSky.
It’s great to have you with us along this journey. You can support our work by “donating us coffee”. More here.
This is a simple way to keep us going — nothing like a dose of caffeine to boost your day! Till next month — enjoy your coffee along the way 😊
With gratitude,
Zufi, Abi, Michael, & Gerry.
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