Africa
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Zambian Academic Wins MISA’s 2008 Press Freedom Award
Posted by IFEX on 25 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Awards
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By IFEX A journalism professor from Zambia who has campaigned extensively on the digital divide and other media freedom issues is this year’s winner of the Media Institute of Southern Africa’s Press Freedom Award. |
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Free online portfolios available for university journalism students
Posted by IJnet on 25 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Journalism, Middle East, Australia
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By IJNet Student journalists worldwide can register for a free, one-year membership to an online writing portfolio Web site that they can use to show off their writing and demonstrate their web savvy to potential employers. |
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Journalists in Zambia launch country’s first breaking news site The Watchdog
Posted by Journalism.co.uk on 24 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Journalism
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By Laura Oliver, Journalism.co.uk Despite lacking essential equipment and funding, a group of journalists in Zambia has launched the country’s first breaking news website. |
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Three journalists arrested, questioned about sources and released
Posted by International Federation of Journalists on 19 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By IFJ The International Federation of Journalists joined calls from Algerian journalists that the government respect journalists’ rights and end its practice of intimidating and harassing media to get them to reveal their confidential sources. |
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Nigeria’s Media, Opposition Slam Closure of Private TV
Posted by Agence France Press on 18 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Agenda Cutting
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By AFP Nigeria’s opposition and media groups Wednesday condemned the closure of one of the country’s independent television stations which ran a story that President Umaru Yar’Adua was planning to step down. |
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Google Backs $750m African Internet Project
Posted by Times Online on 10 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Africa
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By Tom Bawden, Times Online Google has teamed up with a media billionaire and HSBC on a venture that will offer internet access to three billion people in Africa and other emerging markets. |
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UNESCO to hold International High Level Symposium on Freedom of Expression and Exhibition on Safety of Journalists
Posted by MediaChannel on 04 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Media Freedom, Middle East, Australia, Agenda Setting
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By UNESCO The Symposium will take place on 29 October 2008 and will involve around 400 participants including Heads of State, government officials, policymakers, World Press Freedom Prize winners, as well as representatives of major non-governmental organizations and media professionals. |
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Sierra Leone: Journalist Bags UN Award
Posted by Concord Times on 02 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Awards
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By Tanu Jalloh, Concord Times Barely two years since he left the shores of Sierra Leone to work with the United Nations in Liberia, former Concord Times’ editor Sulaiman Momodu, has bagged a prestigious UN award. |
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Egypt: Crackdown On Internet Use Widens
Posted by IFEX on 29 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By IFEX As its blogosphere burgeons, Egypt is finding new ways to crack down on bloggers and other Internet users. |
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West Africa: Governments Turn Against Media, Nigerian Killed
Posted by IFEX on 28 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Media Freedom
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By IFEX In the last week, many West African governments have shown an unwillingness to protect or respect the rights of their journalists. |
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MFWA Lawyer Femi Falana Wins Bernard Simons Award
Posted by IFEX on 27 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Awards
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By IFEX Falana, a founding member of its Lawyers Network for the Defence of Media and Journalist in West Africa, won the 2008 award for his contributions to human rights in his home country, Nigeria, and West Africa. |
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Somali government says hunting for abducted reporters
Posted by Agence France Press on 25 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, North America, Africa, Media Freedom, Australia
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By AFP The Somali government said that a hunt has been started for Australian, Canadian and Somali journalists abducted near the dangerous capital of Mogadishu on Sunday. |
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Angolan Journalists Attend Congress
Posted by Allafrica on 22 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Journalism
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By All Africa The Angolan Economic Journalists Association is in Brazil participating in the 33rd National Congress of Brazilian Journalists, whose first session paid tribute to all journalists of the world and those professionals who died in fulfilment of the journalistic mission. |
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Rwandan Minister Threatens to Close BBC and VOA FM Relays in Kigali
Posted by Le Monde on 21 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Africa, Agenda Cutting
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By Andy Sennitt, Le Monde The Rwandan Minister of Information has accused the BBC and Voice of America of “destroying the unity of the Rwandans” through their programs. |
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S African govt accused of interference in public broadcaster
Posted by Agence France Press on 20 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Africa, Policy
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By AFP South African lawmakers approved controversial legislation allowing them to dissolve the board of the country’s beleaguered public broadcaster in what has been termed political interference. |
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