African journalists are under pressure to tell the African story differently after it became apparent that they follow the Western perspective when reporting on their continent. Africa has been subjected to negative reporting in the international media where it is always associated with strife, hunger, famine and other bad things. The positive side of Africa is never projected. All this might change after editors from across Africa decided to form a continent-wide forum of editors after meeting in Johannesburg from October 15 to 17.