Ground Report

Joseph Edward: Mr. Joseph Edward Issa is a Graduate of Mass Communication, Supiri Institute of Management and Information Technology with five years of work experience in print and online media, currently correspondent to New Times a local newspaper, correspondent of the Theniles (www.theniles.org), Stringer of the Africa News Network (www.africanews.com) contributor of the www.groundreport.com www.allvoices.com and managing Editor of the The New Agenda blog. He is informed of the social, political and economically situation of the South Sudan. He has long background in border coverage, the ongoing debate between Sudan and South Sudan and Jonglei inter-community conflict. In mid 2013, he succeeds to be the leading researcher for Global Integrity, Mo Ibrahim Foundation Africa Index in South Sudan for 2013. He is also an active social media user, managing over fifteen social media groups, forums, blogs including twitter, Skype, LinkedIn. He has developed five blogs to reach the message of peace and advocate for human rights and rule of Law. The main are; The New Agenda, http://southsudanagenda.blogspot.com , The Initiative for Peace Communication Association http://southsudanfreemedia.blogspot.com , http://mayaculturalfoundatio.blogspot.com and http://peacejournalistsnetwork.com . The New Agenda blog is the most popular online media with five contributors across the country. It publishes stories which critical to the ongoing conflicts and promote democracy, peace and rule of law. He is also managing five facebook groups and four facebook pages to expand national debates. The main groups are: South Sudan Constitution review Forum, Horn of Africa Media Monitoring Committee and Voice of Women. The main facebook pages are: Peace Journalists Network and Initiative for Peace Communication Association. Based on his experience, I recommended Mr. Joseph Edward to undertake the research.