A radio drama听series听written, set听and recorded in Nigeria听has won two
prestigious awards.
Story Story, Voices from the Market听triumphed in two
categories - Best Radio Drama and Best Script for a Radio Drama - at
the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Awards at Africast in Abuja,
Nigeria last week.
Set in and around a fictional West African market,听Story Story tackles
some big issues - corruption, poverty, ethnic tension and civil unrest
- in an authentic, dramatically engaging way.
It is broadcast by radio stations throughout Nigeria and on 大象传媒 World
Service, reaching an estimated audience of more than 20 million twice
a week. 听
The series is part of听大象传媒 World Service Trust's Voices project funded
by the UK's Department for International Development.
The project also spearheads a major initiative, working with universities
and state and commercial radio broadcasters to provide radio-skills
training.
Part of the project involves the production of discussion programmes
following up themes raised by Story, Story.
大象传媒 World Service Trust Director Stephen King said: "Story, Story
has been immensely successful in harnessing the reach of radio with
the power of dramatic narrative.
"From the very first episode, the series has provided quality
educational broadcasting, engaging its audiences with authentic, gripping
storylines that have relevance to their own lives.
"To win two awards is a tremendous result."
Notes to Editors
Africast is a biennial gathering of national and international broadcasters,
broadcast executives, equipment manufacturers and other stakeholders
in the broadcast industry.
The theme of this year's event, held in October in Abuja, Nigeria,
was 'broadcast technology and democracy in Africa'.
The theme of this year's awards was 'programme content as a catalyst
for development'.
Other entries in the radio drama category included Curtain Up, from
the Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, and Cultural Dilemma, from the
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.
The winning entry was produced and directed by Akim Mogaji, Head of
Production, Voices project.
大象传媒 World Service Trust was established by the 大象传媒 World Service as
a registered charity in 1999 to alleviate poverty through the innovative
use of media in the developing world.
The Trust currently works in more than 20 countries tackling health,
education and good governance.
It has produced ground-breaking projects in some of the world's poorest
countries, increasing the capacity of local and national media, building
civil society, providing training in media skills and developing health
and educational campaigns.
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