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Newsletter n° 15 |
09.07.04 |
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| The Business of Newspapers
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| Nigeria: The PUNCH newspaper seeks to knock out the competition |
The PUNCH newspaper in Nigeria is the countrys number one publication with an average daily circulation of 80,000 - almost double that countrys second largest publication, a tabloid called The Sun. Despite its dominance in circulation figures, however, PUNCH has only in recent years started to become a more prominent player in the countrys advertising market.
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| African media freedom organisations meet with head of African Union |
A delegation of press freedom organisations, along with Nigerian Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka met with Alpha Konare, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on 1 July, to discuss Africas need for legal and institutional framework for a conducive media environment on the continent.
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| Two African organisations join free expression community |
On 18 June, the Media Foundation for West Africa and Media Rights Agenda, two press freedom organisations in West Africa, became the newest members of IFEX, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange. A total of 8 new members were admitted into the IFEX community at the umbrella organisations General Meeting, held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 14 to 18 June.
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| IFJ to re-launch press freedom monitoring centre |
In response to increasing attacks on independent media in Algeria, the International Federation of Journalists will re-open its media crisis centre in Algiers to monitor press freedom violations and provide assistance to journalists operating in the country.
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| JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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| Regional News Agency Editor, South Africa |
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) Africa seeks a chief news agency editor, who would be responsible for the coordination and management of all news gathering and dissemination within the field of community radio at its news agency located in Johannesburg, South Africa for a one year renewable contract.
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| FELLOWSHIPS
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| Call for Applicants for 2005 Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships |
African print journalists are eligible to spend five months reporting for an American newspaper as part of the 2005 AFPF Fellowship programme. Approximately ten Fellows from all over the world will be selected to spend five months working with an American newspaper.
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