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Newsletter N° 13

03.06.2004
The Business of Newspapers
Gabon: Le Crocodile snaps at competitors heels with low prices and responsible criticism
A lower cover price, financial support from personal investment and editorial excellence are part of a strategy to launch a new private bi-monthly newspaper in Gabon. RAP 21 spoke to Wilfried Okoumba, owner and managing editor of the newly launched Le Crocodile, about his strategy to make it a success in Gabons inhospitable newspaper market.
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NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
Finalists chosen for African tolerance awards
Three journalists from Cameroon, DR Congo and Nigeria have been short-listed for a prize that carries a cash reward of 1000 for the winner. The prize, hosted by the International Federation of Journalists, recognises excellence in promoting tolerance in the regions of central and west Africa.
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Exiled Liberian editor awarded international fellowship
A Liberian editor has been awarded the prestigious John S. Knight Fellowship for the 2004-05 academic year. Charles Jackson, who is currently managing editor of Exile News Magazine in Ghana, will join six other selected journalists from around the world to spend a year studying at Stanford University.
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WAN starts newspaper management programme in Casablanca
Moroccan newspaper executives will be able to participate in a series of roundtables and training seminars in upcoming months on audience research about readers and advertisers and boosting young readership, thanks to an initiative launched by the World Association of Newspapers, the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers and other partners.
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PRESS FREEDOM
Alerts from the Continent
This week in press freedom news, police raid the offices of the weekly "N’djamena Hebdo" in Chad, an editor is detained in the Central African Republic, a correspondent for "L’Eveil" newspaper in the Democratic Republic of Congo receives a six month prison sentence for defamation, Zimbabwean authorities continue to harass the media under the controversial Public Order and Security Act and more...
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Database Research Course for Zambian Journalists
Zambian journalists interested in using databases to improve their investigative reporting can sign up for a two-part practical training course run by the Zambia Institute of Mass Communication ( ZAMCOM).
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Gambian media unite to protest restrictive laws
Six private media organisations in Gambia suspended publishing and broadcasting for one week to protest the introduction of a restrictive licensing law. On 15 May, the Independent, Formosa, The Point, and The Nation newspapers, as well as the News and Report magazine and Radio One FM station made the decision to suspend publishing and broadcasting after receiving a letter from the National Media Commission (NMC) chairman ordering all private media houses and practitioners in Gambia to register with the commission on 14 May.
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