4 Ma'mal Al Sukr Street
Floor 3 - Flat 11
Garden City
Egypt
- Media
- Youth and education
Bashkatib addresses an immediate and urgent need for the development of local media in Egypt. For existing media outlets, reporting on local areas is not a high priority. Those who do report are often unfamiliar with the areas they are covering, leading to errors and misrepresentations.
This deficiency means that: local governance performs without the checks and balances offered by media; people living in local areas cannot use media outlets to inform and mobilize their communities; and, ultimately, that marginalized areas remain marginalized.
Bashkatib's vision is to create a network of local media outlets, edited and managed by Egyptian youth (from 12 to 17 years old). This network will lead to the creation of a kind of localized observation over local government institutions and their performance, as expressed through the views and issues of the inhabitants of local areas.
Our mission is to establish training workshops for youth in marginalized areas in Egypt, and help them to continue producing local media work after the end of the workshops.
Trainings Basic and advanced training in journalism, creative skills, and management.
Establishing print publications Supervised editing, design, and funds for printing monthly issues of each youth group’s publication.
Support from Bashkatib staff in using the online network, facilitating decision-making, and securing local and national advertisers.
Online news portal Each youth group manages a site linked to a common news portal, with access to a chat/forum feature for dialogue between youth groups.
Equipment and space Laptop and camera dedicated to each youth group. Access to a desk and internet access at a partner organization in the local area for the first year; after the first year, rented office space in the local area.
Stipends Monthly motivational payment for youth journalists in the first year; basic wages for staff in the second.
Annual meetings gathering all Bashkatib youth groups.
Bashkatib can provide added-value to organizations in the ALF network who are working in areas that meet our criteria for Youth Media Projects in Egypt. Furthermore, as we are a media organization with a growing audience, our youth journalists can provide informative and unique content on local issues and stories from all over the country, leading to the development of projects and solutions by partners within the network.
Bashkatib seeks membership in the ALF Network in order to locate local partners for project implementation in marginalized areas throughout Egypt. We are open to opportunities for collaborations and exchanges with organizations working in the Euro-Mediterranean region, as well. We seek opportunities for funding media outlet start-up.