Alternative journalisms through soundslides

WARD 10
Litha Mpondwana and Rachel Voigts

In terms of processes, we used Haas's "deliberating public" philosophy.  By this we mean that we understood the public as sharing a responsibility to debate issues in a public forum.  To this end, our group organised a public meeting.  This meeting introduced us to issues concerning the youth in ward 10 which we decided to follow up on.  We were taken aback by Newton's account of the obsticles the youth face in his community.  We decided to intervene by providing a platform for Newton to give his account to a wider audience.  We attempted to act as mediators between Newton and people who had the potential to help.  Using Haas a guide, we encouraged Newton to set the news agenda.