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| Newsletter n° 5 |
25.03.05 |
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| The Business of Newspapers
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| Readership: Younger generation supports open minded newspaper in Algeria |
In the year 2000, Al Fadjr, a moderate Arab-language daily, hit the Algerian news stands. Appealing to the younger generation and offering balanced news, the newspaper has benefited from steady growth since its launch 5 years ago. RAP 21 spoke to Hadda Hazem, publisher of the newspaper.
RAP 21: What made you chose Arabic over French as the language of your newspaper?
Hadda Hazem: In Algeria today more people speak Arabic than French, especially the young people because of the stronger presence of an Arabic culture in the school system for the past two decades. There is a lack of moderate voices in the Arabic-language press due to a predominance of media that condemns integration and encouraging Islamic fundamentalism, which, in my view, is one of the origins of the terrorism that has caused the bloody fights which have paralysed the country for years. This is why we decided to publish a daily in Arabic that preaches modernism, openness towards other cultures and condemns fundamentalism and terrorism.
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| The three foundations of journalism |
Reporters at the frontlines are at risk as never before. But with many countries moving towards democracy, the role of local journalists has never been more important. In upcoming months, RAP 21 will carry excerpts from Reporting for Change: A Handbook for Local Journalists in Crisis Areas, a guidebook published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
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| African technology reporters scoop up awards |
Ugandan journalist Teresa Nannozi has been awarded first place in the 2005 Siemens Profile Award. Nannozi, a former employee of The Monitor Publications Ltd, and now Communications Expert with GTZ, won the award for her extensive coverage of the energy sector in Uganda.
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| South African, Tanzanian journalists named Alfred Friendly Press Fellows |
ricel Seleman, a journalist for The African in Tanzania and Thabo Mkhize, of the Sunday Times in South Africa, were selected along with six other journalists from around the globe as the 21st class of the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship, a scholarship that offers six months of training in an American news organisation.
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| AWARDS OPPORTUNITIES
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| Human Rights Award: call for nominations |
Rights and Democracy, a Canadian human rights organisation, is accepting nominations for the 2005 John Humphrey Freedom Award, a prize which honours an organisation or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights and democratic development.
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| Extended Deadline: MISA John Manyarara Journalism Award |
Journalists from Southern Africa have until 31 March to submit their applications for the MISA John Manyarara Journalism Award. The award carries a cash price of Euro 2,000 and a scholarship to the value of Euro 10,000.
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| Extended Deadline: CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year |
African journalists now have until 25 March to submit their applications for the 2005 Pan African Awards for Journalism in Africa, hosted by CNN MulitChoice. There are fifteen categories in total for the prize, and fifteen available prizes out of a fund totalling US$150,000.
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| Course on critical and progressive reporting |
Journalists in the SADC region are encouraged to apply for a training course that covers various issues important to covering news on the continent. The NSJ Media Training Trust is organizing the course, scheduled for May 9 to 20 in Swaziland.
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