The Vice chairman for the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Social Communications Commission, Bishop David Kamau has challenged the Catholic Communicators to adhere with the changing technology while playing their role of evangelizing the society through media.
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| Bishop Kamau and Director of Waumini Communications Mr David Omwoyo |
Bishop Kamau was speaking at the opening of 5 days Capacity Building Workshop cumAnnual Meeting of Diocesan Media Practitioners and Communications Coordinators going on at Don Bosco Youth Education Services (DBYES) Center in Karen Nairobi from 28th October to 2nd November, 2012.
Bishop Kamau reminded the participants about their crucial role as experts in their field, and that the Bishops rely on them on issues of communication in the Church. “You have a huge responsibility bestowed on you to make sure that these projects succeed for the advancement of the Church’s mission and mandate to spread the Gospel to all Nations,” he said.
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| Sr. Teresa Marcazan, one of the facilitators of the day. |
Bishop Kamau said that the trend in communications is changing very fact with the advancement of social media, and that the Church cannot be left behind. “Social media has taken the world by storm, especially in breaking news. We can no longer take these advancements for granted or afford to be left behind. We must therefore, constantly re-invent our communication strategies from time to time to be part of this phenomenal revolution in communication,” he said.
Some of the topics covered during the training included the design and function of modern Diocesan Communication office; challenges and opportunities; Training on Information Communication Technology (ICT), Basic Web design for a dioceses, photography and photo Journalism, Radio and video production, basic training on print media management, which included basic news gathering and reporting, editing and proof reading and media laws and Ethics.
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| Fr. Sebastian (left) giving a demonstration to one of the participants |
Fr. Sebastian Koladiyil, SDB a senior lecture at the Institute of Social Communications at Tangaza College, a constituent college of Catholic University of Eastern Africa, one of the resource person in the training challenged the participants to start producing news items for radio from their various dioceses and emailing them to radio Waumini for broadcasting. “You can make the best News channel in the country becausewe know that many events are happening there and yet are not covered,” he said.
The training which started on 28th October and ended on 2ndNovember was attended by 45 participants comprising of lay people, priests and religious men and women from National and Diocesan offices of communication including radio and Communications institutions staff from across the country.
Source: AMECEA Social Communications
