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New fresh look for iafrica.comIn response to web design improvements and the need to optimise or remove specific content sections to reflect how both readers and advertisers use the site, iafrica.com has completed a design refresh. Along with the reorganising of content and the optimised advertising targeting, visitors will... read more 1 Nov 2011 AMLF 2010 underwayThe 2010 African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) is currently underway in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The theme for the event is 'Funding African media in an age of uncertain business models'. Follow the proceedings using #AMLF on Twitter. 19 Nov 2010 Senegal to host 2011 PAMRO Meeting, All Africa Media Research ConferenceThe 13th PAMRO Meeting and All Africa Media Research Conference will take place from 21-24 August 2011 in the Francophone country of Senegal. The cost for the conference will be approximately R3300 excluding air travel and accommodation. For more information, go to www.pamro.org.... read more 16 Nov 2010 Panos London bulletin service closesPanos London has announced that its weekday news bulletin service will close on 19 November 2010. The decision was made due to a shortage of funds to maintain the service. An online survey will be distributed to subscribers to inform efforts to develop and achieve funding for a new service.... read more 15 Nov 2010 No scholarships for Highway Africa 2010Chris Kabwato, conference director of Highway Africa, announced this week that this year's edition of the annual event will not be offering any scholarships to media professionals. He advised that no application letters or letters of inquiry regarding obtaining scholarships should be submitted and... read more 12 May 2010 Call for African newspaper survey participantsThe World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Norwegian School of Management are preparing their second annual World Newspaper Future and Change Study, and are calling on African newspaper executives to take a survey about their... read more 26 Apr 2010 Loeries: 5% discount for early bird entrantsThe early bird deadline for entries into The 2010 Loerie Awards is 16 April 2010. Entries before this date will receive a 5% discount. The Loeries is open to work conceived and produced anywhere in Africa and the Middle East, including island states off the African coast like the Seychelles or... read more 8 Apr 2010 Women photojournalists called to enter international competitionSince 2000, the Association des Femmes Journalistes and Canon France, in partnership with the international Visa pour l'Image festival, and with the support of Figaro magazine, have awarded an annual prize for women photojournalists. Women photojournalists worldwide are welcome to enter the... read more 12 Mar 2010 2010 Festival of Media Awards deadline extentionThe deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. Organisers announced the extention due to an overwhelming response from the global media and marketing industry and many requests received for more time. The festival takes place in Valencia, Spain,... read more 22 Jan 2010 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... read more 5 Nov 2009 Motherboard.TV documents chalkboard bloggerclick to enlargeMotherboard.TV, an online video network and community, recently travelled to Monrovia, Liberia to produce a five-minute documentary on Alfred Sirleaf, Liberia's blackboard blogger. Starting in 2000, Sirleaf's chalkboard blog has been going strong; readers line up in droves to read... read more 30 Oct 2009 B2B editors take to twitter with TwitterfestToday, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. Follow what B2B editors from Ireland, South Africa, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, UAE and elsewhere are discussing, and join the conversation by signing up for a free Twitter account if... read more 21 Oct 2009 IFRA Expo 2009 info available on multiblogclick to enlargeHighlights from the recently held IFRA Expo 2009 are available on the WAN-IFRA Magazine multiblog at www.wan-ifra.org/blogs/ifraexpo09. The event was held in Vienna, Austria from 12 - 15 October 2009. The 39th annual exhibition included 284 exhibitors from 27 countries, including... read more 19 Oct 2009 Connect with Highway Africa, DCI onlineclick to enlargeShare 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 ... read more 13 Aug 2009 Victoria N'dee Uwadoka, keynote speaker at BarCamp NigeriaVictoria N'dee Uwadoka will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, 25 April, 2009. BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences open, participatory workshop events, with content provided by participants. Uwadoka works with Microsoft Nigeria as the... read more 24 Apr 2009 Justin Hartman to present at BarCamp Nigeriaclick to enlargeSouth Africa's Justin Hartman will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria. BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences open, participatory workshop events, with content provided by participants. BarCamps Nigeria will take place on Saturday, 25... read more 17 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. All entries should be broadcast or published during January - December 2008. The competition is open to African nationals who... read more 17 Feb 2009 Fresh look for the MFWAThe Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) recently launched its redesigned website: http://www.mediafound.org/. The MFWA is a regional independent, non-profit organisation based in Accra, Ghana. It acts as an advocate, promoting media rights and the freedom of expression, while monitoring any... read more 8 Nov 2007 Podcasters, get on your podium!Apple, 5FM, Coca-Cola and MINI are running a podcast competition with more than R250 000 in prizes up for grabs. The competition opens for uploads on Monday, 19 March 2007, so get ready to broadcast yourself or vote for your favourite podcast. Go to www.getpodcasting.co.za for more information.... read more 14 Mar 2007 USA Today website goes socialUS: The relaunch of www.usatoday.com towards the end of last week is a move towards the news site becoming “a full on social network, integrating user generated content in intelligent and interesting ways,” according to Techcrunch’s Michael Arrington. For more, click here.... read more 5 Mar 2007 Classifieds site revamped for enhanced usabilityOne of the key features of the newly relaunched Junk Mail site is the ability to upload pictures online for free, which significantly increases the user’s likelihood of selling. Visitors also no longer have to subscribe in order to enter www.junkmail.co.za and non-subscribers are now able to preview... read more 5 Mar 2007 Second M&G podcast in the pipelineThe Mail & Guardian will soon be launching the Mail & Guardian TechNews podcast, which will consist of a five-minute round-up of local and global technology news, a five-minute feature discussion and a few minutes wrapping up the latest news on the local blogosphere. Podcasters will be Vincent... read more 1 Mar 2007 Online travel section flies soloIndependent Online (IOL)'s travel section, which previously featured as a channel on the IOL main page, is now a standalone travel site, www.ioltravel.co.za, due to an increasing demand for online travel content. Expanded content and added features include currency converters, flight bookings,... read more 24 Jan 2007 Free net TV from Skype foundersIOL Technology reports that the founders of Skype are trialing a free online television service that is supposed to be a "'piracy-proof' Internet platform based on the open-source Mozilla web browser... crafted to guarantee copyright protection for creators and owners of content, according to its... read more 18 Jan 2007 Film board cracks down on online distribution of adult materialITWeb reports that the Film and Publications Board has given online distributors of adult material in South Africa until the end of December 2006 to discontinue their services. For more, click here. 7 Dec 2006 Yahoo, Reuters join up for eyewitness picturesNEW YORK: Yahoo and Reuters yesterday, Tuesday 5 December 2006, launched a news contribution system, "You Witness", for citizen journalists to contribute eyewitness photos and videos of news events that will be selectively edited by Reuters and distributed to other news outlets. For more, read the... read more 6 Dec 2006 South African dances her way to LAclick to enlargeAmy Rosslind, an 18-year old dancer from Cape Town, is literally dancing her way to Los Angeles after recently winning one of five spots in the European final of Nike's online Dance to LA competition. Rosslind's one-minute freestyle dance routine received the most votes out of the... read more 30 Nov 2006 Yahoo also to deliver newspaper adsSAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo is following in the footsteps of Google by announcing "a strategic partnership with more than 150 daily United States newspapers to be their main source for online adverts", reports IOL Technology. For more, click here.... read more 22 Nov 2006 Yet more online motoring sitesJunk Mail Publishing has taken Allicat's (a division of Junk Mail Publishing) SA Automart, Buy & Sell 4x4 and Truck & Trailer online. The sites - www.saautomart.co.za, www.buyandsell4x4.co.za and www.truckandtrailer.co.za - have been modelled on search engine Google and Craigslist, an online free... read more 13 Nov 2006 Scouting out property businessclick to enlargewww.propertyscout.co.za not only finds homes for users to buy or rent, it is also a directory of products and services related to the property industry. Registered members are able to send out their portfolios or newsletters directly from the site to their client databases. Editor... read more 10 Nov 2006 |
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