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Newsletter n° 1 |
14.01.04 |
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| The Business of Newspapers
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| Conflict Reporting: TheRole of the Media |
The way media cover conflict has an impact on conflict itself. Like everyone else, warlords in Mogadishu listen to the radio, the Pentagon watches CNN and Arab policy makers watch Al Jazeera. Newspapers in Abidjan whip up emotions in the midst of the civil war; whilst in Sri Lanka the press is as much a part of the problem as a solution. The Serbian media did much to drive home this point, as did Radio Tlvision Libre des Mille Collines in Rwanda, which is often referred to as one of the most horrific misuses of ’media’ in recent times.
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| Print Media Sweeps Up at Nigeria’s Annual HIV/AIDS Reporting Awards |
Nigeria’s best HIV/AIDS reporters were officially honoured in December 2003 by the 3rd annual Red Ribbon Awards, which recognise excellence in HIV/AIDS reporting. A total of 19 awards were handed out to journalists throughout the country.
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| PRESS FREEDOM
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| Alerts from the Continent |
The first week of 2004 brings the good news of the release of Moroccan editors Ali Lmrabet and Mohammed al-Herd. In Tunisia, however, editor Sihem Bensedrine was attacked and assaulted in the beginning of the year.
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| AWARDS OPPORTUNITIES
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| Top English and French African Education Reporters Eligible for 2,000 Cash Prize |
Nominations are now being accepted for the African Education Journalism Awards, hosted by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa. The awards, which offer a cash prize of EUR 2,000 to first place winners and EUR 1,000 for second place winners, recognise excellence in coverage of education issues in Africa.
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