The Citizen Newspaper Tanzania

The Citizen (Tanzania) is Tanzania's leading English language newspaper. Publisher is Mwananchi Communications Ltd who produce print and audio media and who belong to National Media Group (NMG) Kenya.

Besides The Citizen there is also the Sunday paper "Sunday Citizen". The citizen has regular inserts: Sports Extra - every Monday; Political Forum - every Wednesday; Education - every Monday; Weekender - every Friday; Business Week - every Thursday; and Woman - every Saturday.

Besides the English language newspapers "The Citizen" and "Sunday Citizen", Mwananchi is also publishing the Swahili language newspaper "Mwananchi" (which means "Citizen" in Swahili) along with its Sunday issue "Mwananchi Jumapili". Many contents of The Citizen and Mwananchi are identical and are being translated between the two languages. Also Mwananchi has similar inserts than The Citizen. The sports magazine Mwanaspoti in Swahili language is appearing biweekly independently from the daily newspaper.

Main offices of Mwananchi Communications are in Dar-es-Salaam, but there are branches in all major cities of Tanzania, which not only produce regional news, but also contribute contents for the national edition.

We can arrange internships at headquarters in Dar-es-Salaam and at the local brach of Moshi/Kilimanjaro.

Headquarters in Dar-es-Salaam are a modern open-plan office where journalists create contents in a result-oriented and quick way at a professional work environment, which does not differ a lot from newspaper desks in Europe or North America. It is expected that you can to your research and work quickly and independently. For this reason, the internship at the Dar-es-Salaam headquarters is suitable for participants who are already experienced in journalism and who seek for a new challenge doing this in Africa. The local newsroom in Moshi however is a rather slow-paced workplace. Located in a small room at the Kahawa house office building, several journalists and advertising salespeople are sharing one computer. Doing your internship in Moshi is rather suitable for participants who are looking for first experiences in newspaper journalism.

At both locations, suggestion for topics will be given to you that you research and that you write articles in English about, including image search. You will also write texts based on news agency contents. However, you should also be able to find topics yourself and write articles in an independent way, which might or might not be published. 

Please see some articles which have been written by our intern Stella and published at Citizen Dar-es-Salaam:

From America to Morogoro (PDF, 4.5 MB)
Hollywood star Kristin Davis (Sex and the City) swapped Manhattan for Morogoro to meet female farmers and find out about the challenge they face in producing food for themselves and others.

Can she rule the Universe? (PDF, 3.4 MB)
On September 12, 2011 Nelly Alexsandra Kamwelu will take to a Brazilian stage to fight for the Miss Universe crown against contestants from all over the world.

Has the occult taken over our music? (PDF, 1.9 MB)
The belief was once reserved as an African ritual but as it turns out, even Western stars perform rituals

Women who travel for sex (PDF, 406 kb)
Why an increasing number of mzungu women come to Tanzania to search for love and sexual adventure

The following article was written by our paricipant Alina in Moshi:

Fighting against HIV and Aids

Further, we can arrange internships in layout and graphic design for the newspaper's regular inserts.

Info box:

Location: Dar-es-Salaam or Moshi/Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Duration: min. 3 weeks

Requirements: first experiences

Costs: none; trouble-free package is optional

Accommodation: Not included

Meals: Not included

Included: placement into the project; when contracting the trouble-free package all services of the trouble-free package are included

Not included: Travel to Tanzania, health insurance, visa, Residence Permit

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