More than 55 African countries included in the world’s only complete, analytical guide to the monumental transformations taking place in the newspaper industry.
Beginning last month, Cameroonian newspaper readers were for the first time able to read a daily on a Saturday. On 17 June, Haman Mana, editor and founder of the private daily Le Jour, launched a full-colour Saturday edition.
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This past month a new media portal has been launched for Zimbabwean journalists struggling to be emancipated from one-man politics. The new website, which is run out of the United States, Media in Zimbabwe (MIZ) was created by a senior Zimbabwean editor as a counterpart to the three-year old blog, Zimbjournalists Arise.
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Since 2001, more than 100 journalists have left Ethiopia. Now, amid discussion that a new media law will be another impedance to achieve press freedom, there is no sign that this trend will change. RAP 21 interviewed prominent African news website journalist Habtamu Dugo who left Ethiopia several months ago to live in New York City. His story, unfolding alongside the new media law in his home country, is as a testimony to the hostile environment journalists in Ethiopia work in. Though since his arrival in the United States he has again raised his voice on US national radio and television shows in defence of those still in Ethiopia grappling with injustice.
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To the dismay of many, the Nigerian communication ministry on 30 June indefinitely closed the Niamey Press House, which was initially a service provided by the Niger government to the press community.
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The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is calling for a thorough investigation into a series of death threats made against Chief Executive Officer Gina Ama Blay of The Daily Guide and representative of the Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana on the WAN board.
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In Zimbabwe, three South African nationals employed by Sky News, Bernet Hasani Sono, Resemate Chauke and Simon Musimani, who were serving a six-month prison sentence, have been released. Their sentences were commuted to a fine after a High Court judge reviewed their cases.
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The World Digital Publishing Conference & Expo, to be held in Amsterdam on 15 and 16 October, will cover revenue-making strategies, digital initiatives, winning editorial solutions and resource management.
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South African journalists can enrol in a course on media ethics to take place 13 and 14 August in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, held by The Institute for the Advancement of Journalists (IAJ).
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South African journalists may enter the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards, which recognize the impact of good journalism on society. Interested journalists may submit up to three entries per category. Entries should have been published between 1 May 2007 and 30 April 2008.
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Beginning last month, Cameroonian newspaper readers were for the first time able to read a daily on a Saturday. On 17 June, Haman Mana, editor and founder of the private daily Le Jour, launched a full-colour Saturday edition.
