- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc_WZbM_vCQ
- http://www.voanews.com/media/video/1559338.html
- http://www.voanews.com/media/video/1262965.html
- http://www.africahealthnetwork.com
Provide names of other journalists involved.
Linord Moudou, English Health Reporter, VOA Africa Health Network Khalil Gueye, French Health Reporter, VOA Africa Health Network
List date(s) this work was published or aired.
Piece was originally broadcast on Tuesday October 23, 2012 and then posted to the web on Wednesday October 24, 2012
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
Khalil Gueye visited Chad and while there produced a piece on Obstetric Fistula. His piece is unusual in that it both profiles a patient who is about to have surgery to fix her fistula as well as an interview with the President of Chad regarding health in Chad, women’s health and fistula. Khalil produced both French and English versions of his piece. Linord not only invited Khalil to speak about his piece & women’s Fistula as part of her 2x a week Africa Health Network segments, she expanded Khalil’s piece to include an interview with a Fistula Surgeon.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
No such research documents were used for this piece. Khalil has covered health issues in Africa, particularly West Africa for more than 15 years and has done numerous pieces on Obstetric Fistula. He is well versed in this particular health problem.
Explain types of human sources used.
1. Fistula patient 2. Contacts in the President of Chad’s office and the President of Chad. 3. Contacts with the Obstetric Fistula surgeon.
Results:
The women profiled successfully completed her surgery.
Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
Khalil is planning a second piece to follow-up with the patient profiled. This would be his third video piece for the VOA AHN on Obstetric Fistula in the last 12 months and VOA’s forth video piece on the issue in 12 months.
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Making local contacts in the countries where you want to work is very helpful. Also, language skills like those of both Linord and Khalil are invaluable – they are both fluent in English and French.