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Newsletter n°15 |
14.05.08 |
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| Setting Benchmarks and Breaking Stereotypes: Janine Lazarus Discusses Her Career |
A serious and respected journalist, Janine Lazarus reminds all who participate in her media training workshops that "it’s important to be authentic...there’s no point trying to be a replica of someone else." Lazarus certainly lives up to this statement. After 24 years of weaving through the many facets of the South African media, Lazarus has emerged as a forefront figure in the field, knowing what she wants and how to get it. She has done everything from investigative reporting to crime coverage to women’s magazine writing and has more than dabbled in nearly every type of media outlet.
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| PRESS FREEDOM
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| Alerts from the Continent |
In two separate cases a magistrate court in Harare, Zimbabwe, released from police custody a top newspaper editor and a leading lawyer working in defense of journalists on 9 May. According to local sources, both individuals were still charged. Davision Maruziva, editor of the country’s leading Sunday newspaper, The Standard, was charged with “publishing false statements prejudicial to the state and contempt of court” for running an article that was critical of President Mugabe’s regime.
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| CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
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| International News Course to be Held in Senegal |
An International news course specifically for Francophone African journalists will be offered in Dakar, Senegal, from 14-18 July through the Reuters Foundation.
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