How it works

By Bob Aston

ALIN invites people around Isinya Maarifa Centre and beyond on voluntary basis to learn basic article writing, photography and videography as approaches to telling stories to the world audience.

ALIN will provide a platform for the Citizen reporters to post their stories. The platform includes access to computers at Isinya Maarifa Centre and use of Isinya Citizen Voices (ICV) which has been developed for Citizen Journalism purposes.

The CReporters are then trained on use of Internet resources including, blogging, uploading and downloading content.

Everything that's posted on ALIN CJB must be vetted by a team of moderators who reviews the posted content and pulls material that is flagged by the community as in violation of CReporters guidelines. Depending on sensitivity of the story, the moderators will vet and undertake fact-checking and verifying the details of a story.