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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Destani Matheny, center, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Public Affairs Directorate, explains advanced camera settings to members of the Djiboutian Ministry of Communication as part of a news media knowledge exchange event conducted by the U.S. Departments of State and Defense at the U.S. Embassy American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 29, 2022. More than 10 U.S. photojournalists partnered with 15 Djiboutian media members to exchange techniques in photography and audio/visual production. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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A Djiboutian media member asks a question to Omar Awaleh, a U.S. Embassy employee acting as an interpreter, during a knowledge exchange event between the Djiboutian Ministry of Communication and the U.S. Defense and State Departments at the American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 29, 2022. More than 15 news media representatives worked with U.S. public affairs members in a three-day training to build relationships and increase quality of news coverage from both nations. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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A group of Djiboutian and U.S. photographers and videographers pose for a photo during a knowledge exchange event at the U.S. Embassy American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 29, 2022. The event allowed both groups of people to share emerging technologies and practices for news coverage. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Previc, a Camp Lemonnier mass communications specialist, walks through camera settings with Aden Ibrahim Aden, a Djiboutian cameraman, during a knowledge exchange event at the U.S. Embassy American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2022. The U.S. Departments of State and Defense partnered with the Djiboutian Ministry of Communication for this photography and audio/visual technical training, the first of its kind. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Public Affairs Directorate, demonstrates video capabilities on a digital single-lens reflex camera at a knowledge exchange between the U.S. Departments of Defense and State and the Djiboutian Ministry of Communication at the U.S. Embassy American Corner Aug. 30, 2022. More than 15 Djiboutian media members attended the event. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Branden Rae, 435th Air Expeditionary Wing public affairs, demonstrates options on a video editing program during a news media knowledge exchange at the U.S. Embassy American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2022. More than 25 photographers and videographers from the U.S. and Djibouti met to discuss advanced editing and composition techniques during the three-day course. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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Mohamed Robleh, a U.S. Embassy employee acting as an interpreter, helps translate a video editing class during a three-day knowledge exchange event at the U.S. Embassy American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 31, 2022. This was the first technical training between the U.S. Departments of State and Defense and the Djiboutian Ministry of Communication. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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Moussa Isman Gafaneh, a photographer with La Nation, practices photo composition techniques during a knowledge exchange between the U.S. Departments of State and Defense at the U.S. Embassy American Corner, Djibouti, Aug. 31, 2022. More than 10 U.S. photojournalists and videographers worked with members of the news media during the inaugural technical training event. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daryl Knee)
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Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and Camp Lemonnier Public Affairs Directorates conducted a knowledge exchange from Aug. 29-31, 2022, with Djib-Live TV, RTD: Téĺé Djibouti, Agence Djiboutienne d'Information - ADI, and Journal La Nation, in coordination with U.S. Embassy Djibouti and Ministère de la Communication, chargé des Postes et des Télécommunications.
Nearly 30 public affairs and media members met at the U.S. Embassy American Corner to discuss advanced photography and audio/visual techniques in an inaugural relationship-building event.
“Technology evolves quickly, so we have to evolve with it,” said Aden Ibrahim Aden, a cameraman and photographer. “This training included foundational building blocks, and we’re going to take it back to our jobs to implement.
“And it’s not just for us here at this training – it’s for the younger Djiboutians who will enter this career field later,” he added about the ongoing partnership effort. “Some of us got our original training at the Djibouti University but nothing afterward – my education was great, but I realized I needed more once I started working.”
The event focused on the different stages of news storytelling: pre-production, production and post-production. Each stage has different requirements and sometimes even different teams of people are assigned to create the final product that viewers read in the newspaper or see on television.
“Overall, this has been very interesting,” said Deka Mahamoud Barkat, a video editor for the local TV studio RTD. “The highlight for me was meeting all the other Djiboutians to see what software they’re working on, to look at the other programs they use and just in general to collaborate within the Ministry of Communication.”
The news media in Djibouti is state controlled, meaning the media entities of Djibouti work with or for the Ministry of Communication. All entities were present at the knowledge exchange.
“The future is bright for Djiboutian media as we move forward alongside other countries,” Barkat said. “Today we compared our technologies and learned techniques that are efficient, quick and powerful.”
Having those other media experts in the same room also proved invaluable for Moussa Isman Gafaneh, a photographer with La Nation. He said he enjoyed collaborating on the technical aspect of his camera settings, because he’s used his camera for years, but most of his experience was self-taught.
“This type of training is special,” he said. “I was so happy to be here – the atmosphere was incredible, and I can’t wait to bring back this information to my colleagues. It will definitely help the U.S., Djiboutian relationship as we move forward as partners.”
The next steps in this media training campaign are Djiboutian, U.S. collaboration events at news sites throughout the region. Both teams will identify locations to meet up to walk through the stages of production to experience the unique nature of African news coverage.
