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Newsletter n°16 |
21.05.08 |
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| NEWS FROM THE MEDIA SCENE
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| Newsroom Barometer Survey Findings Illuminate Future Changes and Continuing Problems in African Newsrooms |
The 2008 Newsroom Barometer, a global survey, which collected the opinions of more than 700 editors and senior news executives, reveals that many press executives around the world are optimistically grasping modern media trends while increasingly forgoing more traditional practices. At the same time there are important differences that stem from varying obstacles and advantages unique to the press in different regions of the world.
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| WAN Annual World Newspaper Congress Fast Approaching |
"Offending, Shocking, Disturbing - A Free Press Right?” "The best strategies for growing audience, in print and online." "How best to exploit the multi-media opportunities?" These are among the numerous topics that will be discussed during the 61th World Newspaper Congress and 15th World Editors Forum that will take place from 1 to 4 June in Göteborg, Sweden.
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| PRESS FREEDOM
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| Media Responsibility Debated in Senegal Following Two Criminal Defamation Convictions |
A criminal court in Dakar, Senegal sentenced Director Jules Diop and Editor-in-Chief Serigne Saliou Samb of the private daily newspaper L’Observateur to six-month suspended prison terms and a 30 million CFA francs (US$72,000) fine in damages on 13 May 2008. Under the country’s notorious criminal defamation laws, the two journalists were convicted for covering an anonymous letter censorious of top security officials.
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| Mauritanian Publisher Says “Our Hope for Press Reform is Fading” |
After a period of relative freedom following a military coup in 2005, the independent press in Mauritania has again become the target of government pressure. APN spoke to publisher Moulay Najim Ould Moulay Zeďne, who also criticises the media for failing to create a common strategy to defend their liberties.
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| Alerts from the Continent |
Unknown assailants in the eastern border town of Mutare, Zimbabwe, attacked freelance journalist Sydney Saize on 16 May after for being an alleged “sell-out.” This attack shortly follows the assault of Mathew Takaona, the president of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists and is a further indication of the increasing violence during the interim period to the presidential election run-off scheduled for 27 June.
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| CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
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| Media Planning Course in South Africa |
A two-day split course is being offered in Johannesburg, South Africa, by well-known journalist and media trainer Marion Scher that will cover media plans and campaigning. The course will show people how to reach the local and national press through print, electronic media and Internet.
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| Fellowships from the Open Society Available to South African Journalists |
South African journalists have until 30 May to apply for a three-month fellowship to investigate a topic that meets the overall objectives of The Open Society Foundation of South Africa (OSF-SA), which include democracy, a market economy, a strong civil society, respect for minorities and tolerance for divergent opinions.
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| Upcoming Deadline to Apply for UN Fellowship for South African Journalists |
South African journalists between the ages of 25 and 35 have until 23 May to apply for a fellowship to spend over a month covering the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York. The annual Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists’ Fellowship Program will run from 8 September to 17 October.
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| AWARDS OPPORTUNITIES
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| Kenyan Radio Journalist Awarded Internews Media Leadership Award |
29-year-old radio journalist Tole Kyatta from Kenya, will be awarded one of five of Internews’ 2008 Media Leadership Awards next month in Washington D.C. Kyatta is station manager and editor-in-chief of Pamoja FM, a community radio station based in Kibera, Nairobi’s largest urban slum.
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