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Newsletter n°11 |
16.04.08 |
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| A Young Journalist in Burkina Faso Discusses His Entry into the Field |
In September 2007 Simon Gongo a 25 year-old journalist broadcasted the heart-rending story of a middle-aged woman accused of witchcraft on Radio Campus in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. His portrayal of her earned him two prestigious journalistic awards in 2007, the BBC Talents award and the Radio France Internationale (RFI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Organisation of Francophone countries (OIF) (RFI-RSF-OIF prize) award.
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| A Nigerian Business Newspaper Finds its Niche |
Editor-in-Chief Ray Echebiri of Business World in Nigeria spoke to RAP 21 about what his audience wants and how he brings it to them. Launched on 11 September 2006 the paper strives to inform and guide the country on business and economic matters.
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| PRESS FREEDOM
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| UNESCO Report Uncovers Flawed Legal Systems Across Africa |
Professor Guy Berger gave RAP 21 an inside look at the recent United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) publication he spearheaded, Media Legislation in Africa, A Comparative legal Survey. Berger discussed how the report’s findings on inadequate legal systems could be used and disseminated to push Africa into the vanguard of media law reform.
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| Guide to Media Policy for African Regulators Available in French |
A guide aimed at media policy reform in Africa is now available in French. The manual, Broadcasting Pluralism and Diversity: Training Manual for African Regulators, published by the international human rights organisation Article 19, provides instruction on how to improve the regulatory aspect of African media policy with the end result of promoting media policy reform.
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| Group Calls for End to Press Violence in Somalia |
The Somali Journalists Rights Association (SOJRA) has called upon local human rights organisations, journalists, media organisations and centers as well as the UN to assist them in supporting freedom of expression in Somalia.
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| Alerts from the Continent |
The Zimbabwean government has continued to gag the local press and deploy repressive media laws; it has been more than two weeks without releasing the outcomes of the presidential elections. This has violated SADC guidelines for executing democratic elections. Meanwhile, two South African satellite engineers, Sipho Moses Maseko and Abdulla Ismail Gaibbe held in Zimbabwe on several charges, including violating the country’s media accreditation laws, were acquitted on 14 April.
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| CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
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| Seminar to Train Journalists in Art Critical Writing |
Journalists interested in critical art writing can register for a five-day intensive, activity-based training programme in South Africa. The programme, “A Critical Writer’s Workshop,” will be held May 26 to May 30 in Durban, South Africa.
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| Course on Freelance Writing in South Africa |
This course will provide journalists an opportunity to hone writing and editing skills. The course will cover a wide range of topics including researching and finding stories, interviewing skills, using creative writing and finding markets for selling their work.
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