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Newsletter n°8 |
26.03.08 |
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| An Exclusive Look at Zambia’s Leading Newspaper The Post |
“While others imitate we originate,” is part of Mr Fred M’membe’s credo that guides him in running the newspaper, The Post in Zambia that he is Editor-in-Chief and founder of. With an intelligent chuckle M’membe relayed this to RAP 21 as he spoke about the ways his paper has developed into becoming the country’s leading newspaper.
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| Covering Ghana’s Children: An Interview with the Editor of The Child Alert |
In October 2007, a child advocacy newspaper, The Child Alert, was launched in Ghana. As the only publication of its kind in the country, the free weekly newspaper aims at disseminating information about serious issues, such as trafficking and AIDS/HIV, to assist in improving the plight of children throughout Ghana. Though while still in its nascence, the Editor-in-Chief Kent Mensah has been struggling to fiscally support the publication. RAP 21 spoke to Mensah about his strategy to maintain and develop the publication.
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| PRESS FREEDOM
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| Electoral Coverage Swayed by Government Control of Media in Zimbabwe |
In the rush before elections on 29 March 2008 in Zimbabwe the presidential candidates, along with senators, house of assembly representatives and town councillors, are making their last campaigning efforts. However, the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) has indicated that the people of Zimbabwe may only see glimpses of what the oppositional candidates are doing in their run for office.
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| Alerts from the Continent |
In Egypt, Abdul-Jalil Al-Sharnouby, a member of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists (EJS) and editor in chief of the Ikhwanonline web site (the official website of the Muslim Brotherhood) has been subjected to two house raids over the past month over his coverage of the upcoming municipal elections. According to reports Al-Sharnouby is one of 800 Muslim Brotherhood politicians, activists and journalists who have been targeted or detained. Also, the English editor of Ikhwanonline has been in prison since 20 February.
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| New Entertainment Magazine Launches in South Africa |
A new entertainment magazine titled Bravo! has been launched in Cape Town, South Africa, BizCommunity reports. The publication, a 96-page quarterly, covers a broad spectrum of South African arts and entertainment news including theatre, music, film, literature and the visual arts.
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| AWARDS OPPORTUNITIES
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| Award to Honour Nigerian Human Rights Journalists |
Nigerian investigative human rights reporters working in print, broadcast, photography and online journalism can apply for the annual Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Award (WSIRA), named in honor of the Nigerian Nobel Prize Winner for literature and long-time supporter of human freedom Wole Soyinka.
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