Shienga Visual Storytelling

  June 29, 2025     Source: Adom online  1. Does the image accurately represent the headline’s message? Yes. The image clearly shows a large gathering of nurses and midwives in uniform, wearing red headbands and holding placards common symbols of protest in Ghana. This strongly reinforces the headline about a nationwide strike and public healthcare disruption. 2. What emotions does the image evoke? The image evokes urgency, solidarity, and frustration The red bands and placards suggest tension and defiance.Viewers may feel sympathy for the nurses, as well as concern for the patients affected by the strike. 3. Is the image manipulated or biased? No visible manipulation The image is a candid, real-time protest capture However, framing a peaceful and organized protest as this one appears to be leans slightly toward sympathy for the nurses’ cause, especially without images of disrupted patient care to balance the story. 4. How does composition affect storytelling Fr...

1. Does the image accurately represent the headline’s message? The image doesn't accurately represent the headline's message about Donald Trump calling for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, as it shows a scene of destruction and displacement without clear context. 2. What emotions does the image evoke? (Does it create urgency, sympathy, or controversy The image evokes sympathy and urgency, showing a chaotic scene with destruction and displacement, and creates empathy in the viewer. It highlights the severity of the situation, making it hard to remain indifferent. Therefore the image evokes Sympathy and urgency 3. Is the image manipulated or biased? (Does it frame the story in a particular way The image is not biased.This is because it is showing what is happening that is the result of the crisis,people being homeless peolple crying for help is not biased.It is stating a fact and it is not one sided 4. How does composition affect storytelling? (Consider framing, lightin...

 By: ShiengaVisualStorytelling2025 Source: The Guardian    1. Does the image accurately represent the headline’s message? Partly. The image shows a dramatic iceberg calving (breaking off), which reflects the ongoing ice melt aspect of the headline. However, it does not visually represent the part about ice growth, creating an incomplete view of the full message. 2. What emotions does the image evoke? It evokes urgency and concern, as the large chunk of ice breaking into the sea is dramatic and suggests environmental instability and climate change. 3. Is the image manipulated or biased? Not manipulated, but visually biased. It highlights melting and collapse, which could emphasize alarm over balance, potentially skewing viewer perception away from the growth aspect mentioned in the headline. 4. How does composition affect storytelling? The tight framing on the falling ice, combined with the sharp lighting and clear focus on the impact with water, creates a powerful and emo...

DIANA AZURE  ABRONYE DC FACES PARTY PROBE FOR  By Azure Diana June 28 2025 Source : Adom Online         DEFYING NPP GUIDELINES  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken formal action against its Bono Regional Chairman,  Kwame Baffoe , popularly known as  Abronye DC , by referring him to the party’s  Disciplinary Committee . This follows what the party described as  “unguarded public comments”  and a breach of directives issued by its National Council    . In a statement released on  Tuesday, June 24, 2025 , General Secretary  Justin Kodua Frimpong  disclosed that the decision was taken during a meeting of the  National Steering Committee     . The party, however, did not reveal specific details of the alleged misconduct, only confirming that Abronye’s actions “contravened internal guidelines designed to safeguard unity ahead of the party’s upcoming presidential primaries”...

Headline: OF GAY COUPLE AT INDEPENDENCE ARCH GO VIRAL A young queer couple has gained public attention after posting romantic photos taken at Ghana’s Independence Arch. The photos, which were shared online during Pride Month, show the two men hugging, holding hands, and expressing affection openly in front of the national monument. The images were shared with hashtags such as #loveislove, #queerlove, #freedomtobeyou, and #pridemonth. The Independence Arch is an important symbol of Ghana’s freedom and national pride. Because of this, the photos have received mixed reactions from the public. Some people supported the couple, calling their act brave and powerful. They believe that everyone should have the right to love freely and express who they are without fear. These supporters say the couple’s photos represent the idea of true freedom, which Ghana stands for. However, many others have criticized the images. Some say the photos disrespect Ghanaian culture and values, especially becau...

 ISRAEL CLOSES THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE FOR AID TO PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. BY: BOAKYE BELINDA  JUNE 28, 2025.  Source: The Guardian 1. Does the image accurately represent the headline’s message? Yes. The image shows aid trucks moving through a destroyed, sandy area with armed guards, matching the headline about Israel cutting off key aid routes to Gaza, where people face famine. 2. What emotions does the image evoke? It creates urgency and concern. The presence of aid, soldiers, and destruction shows how desperate and dangerous the situation is for civilians. 3. Is the image manipulated or biased? No. It looks natural and real. But the focus on destruction and armed guards emphasizes the danger and suffering, which can influence the viewer to feel sympathy for Gaza. 4. How does composition affect storytelling? The trucks in motion, armed men, and ruined buildings tell a powerful story of aid arriving under threat, showing both hope (aid) and fear (armed presence, destruction)....