Nairobi, 05 November, 2024 / 4:20 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) have completed the training of 18 youths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), adding to the numerous youths the Italian-founded Missionary Congregation has equipped with Mobile Journalism (MoJo) skills to evangelize in the current digital spaces.
In a note shared with the information service of Propaganda Fide, Agenzia Fides, Fr. Maciej Makuła of the SDB’s Social Communication Department notes that the 18 participants learned a series of techniques and received tools to create professional content using Android phones or iPhones, “so that they can better respond to the main challenges of evangelization today.”
In the Monday, November 5 Agenzia Fides report, Fr. Makula is quoted as saying that the trainees also acquired in-depth knowledge of digital editing and mastered specific applications on their mobile phones and PCs, which will increasingly be part of daily professional practice in their communities.
“Most of the four-hour work sessions were devoted to practical work,” Fr. Makuła said, adding that the participants also practiced creating content to disseminate, receiving critical comments and suggestions to improve their work and apostolate.
The training that was realized at St. Francis de Sales Imar Salesian community in Lubumbashi brought on board 15 young journalists from Radio Don Bosco Lubumbashi, SDB Novice, and two members of the "La Colombe" multimedia center.