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Newsletter n° 6 |
01.03.04 |
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| The Business of Newspapers
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| Liberia: Local Journalist Secures over US$50,000 For Colleagues |
Liberian journalist Josephus Moses-Gray single-handedly managed to secure a grant of over US$50,000 from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) to distribute to fellow media practitioners in the aftermath of civil war and the restrictive regime of Charles Taylor. A total of 131 Liberian journalists, editors and publishers received US$400 each, to help them get back on their feet in the post-Taylor media industry. RAP 21 spoke to Gray, a former foreign news editor at the "Inquirer".
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| Rwanda: Self-Financed Weekly Sports Paper Launched |
Last month, the "Rwanda Championi," Rwanda’s first ever sports and leisure weekly, was launched. RAP 21 spoke to Madjaliwa Niyonsaba, editor-in-chief about the launch of newspaper.
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| WAN Conference in Amsterdam: Newspapers Still Best Advertising Medium |
At the WAN 2004 World Newspaper Advertising Conference & Expo held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 26 and 27 February, participants were presented with case studies of innovative ways to take advantage of what remains the best medium for advertising: the newspaper.
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| Congolese Media to Hold First National Congress in Over a Decade |
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a national congress for the media will be held for the first time in over a decade in the beginning of March. Over 200 media professionals are expected to attend the conference, with the key objective of discussing their role in covering Congo’s elections.
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