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Media invited to final draw volunteers training programmeMembers of the media are invited to attend tomorrow, Friday 6 November 2009, the opening session of the three-day training session at Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, for the 362 volunteers who will be working at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, to be held at Cape Town International Convention Centre on 4 December. 5 Nov 2009 B2B editors take to twitter with TwitterfestToday, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. 21 Oct 2009 IFRA Expo 2009 info available on multiblogHighlights from the recently held IFRA Expo 2009 are available on the WAN-IFRA Magazine multiblog at www.wan-ifra.org/blogs/ifraexpo09. 19 Oct 2009 Connect with Highway Africa, DCI onlineShare ideas, expectations, projects and general feedback for next month's Highway Africa 2009 and the Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI) conferences via www.highwayafrica.com, blog http://highwayafrica.wordpress.com, DCI website and blog www.digitalcitizenindaba.com, Twitter profiles @highwayafrica09 and @dcindaba and Facebook group Friends of Highway Africa. 13 Aug 2009 International radio playwriting competition deadline loomsThe closing date for the BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 is on 31 March 2009. 25 Mar 2009 Ethiopia orders press shake-upThe Ethiopian Broadcasting Agency has ordered all newspapers and magazines to re-register within three months. 6 Mar 2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2009 deadline extentionThe CNN MultiChoice African journalist awards competition entry deadline has been extended from 16 February 2009 to 16 March 2009 and the judging will take place in April. 17 Feb 2009 10th PAMRO Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research ConferenceThe 10th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research Conference will take place 17 - 19 August 2008 at the Protea Hotel in Oakwood Park, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. 24 Jul 2008 Africare joins APOAfricare, a United States-based non-profit organisation specialising in development aid for Africa, recently joined the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organisation (APO). 30 Apr 2008 'The Moroccan Façade'Moroccan authorities have come to rely on a stealthy system of judicial and financial controls to keep enterprising journalists in check, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in a new report, 'The Moroccan Façade'. 3 Jul 2007 Journalists in exileOver the past six years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 243 cases of journalists who have been forced to flee their home country to avoid harassment and imprisonment. 20 Jun 2007 Court sentences NgadyOn 2 April 2007, Michel Alkhaly Ngady, editor of Temps Nouveaux, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and fined 300 000 CFA francs (US$636) on charges of "resistance and disobedience to public authorities and contempt for the laws". 3 Apr 2007 Journalists attacked in SomaliaOn 29 March 2007, five journalists were ambushed by armed men while on their way to cover a story in the region of Hiran, according to reports from the National Union of Somali Journalists. 3 Apr 2007 Editor Michel Ngady charged with "obstruction"Editor and media activist, Michel Alkhaly Ngady, has been charged with "obstruction of the law and the institutions of the Republic" for his critism of the Central African Republic's High Council of Communication's appointment of new members who did not meet its own standards for membership. 2 Apr 2007 |
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