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Newsletter n° 7 |
11.03.04 |
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| The Business of Newspapers
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| Gabon: Lessons learnt two years on |
When the Gabonese newspaper "Le Journal" was launched two years ago, RAP 21 reported on its efforts to become part of the Gabonese newspaper market (Newsletter No 74). Today, the newspaper has found its place among competitors and colleagues, and has also gathered many experiences on the way. RAP 21 spoke to Wilfrid Koumba, the publisher of "Le Journal", which has a circulation of 5,000 and employs 10 people in its newsroom.
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| Ghana: Pilot Programme for Young Readers |
Teachers, students and journalists will come together in Accra, Ghana from 22 to 26 March to test the "World Newspaper Reading Passport", an initiative that encourages young readers to use the newspaper as a learning tool in their daily lives.
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| Tunisian Journalists’ Association to be Suspended from Global Body |
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is set to suspend the Tunisian Journalists’ Association (AJT) for its lack of commitment in confronting press freedom problems within the country. The decision follows the Tunisian association’s decision to award a press freedom prize to president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, despite his consistent efforts to stifle the independent media in Tunisia, throughout his 15-year rule.
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| Ivory Coast Restructures its Premier Journalism Awards |
The National Association of Journalists of the Ivory Coast (UNJCI) has redesigned the country’s premier media prize, the Ebony Awards, named after iconic Ivory Coast journalist Nol Ebony. The awards will now be open to anyone working for the government-run Ivorian Press Agency (AIP), with larger individual prizes for winners and two runners-up in each category.
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| PRESS FREEDOM
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| Alerts From the Continent |
Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic in Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, Zimbabwe
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