Since 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. 12 Mar 2010
The deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. 22 Jan 2010
Members 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
Today, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. 21 Oct 2009
The 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
Zingisa Mkhuma, The Star’s executive editor, has been appointed Pretoria News acting editor, taking over from Alide Dasnois who is moving on to become deputy editor of The Cape Times. 9 Mar 2007
The Mail & Guardian Online reports that The Sunday Times is rumoured to be working on a new daily title and according to media insiders, “the project is well under way, with a launch possible as early as Easter”. 5 Mar 2007
“Contrary to global trends in the paper industry,” writes Anton Harber, Caxton professor of journalism and media studies at Wits University, in his blog, “our local industry is dynamic, growing and unexpectedly exciting.” In particular, he refers to the launch of a new Afrikaans Sunday paper, Sonday by Media24, and the possibility of a “Sunday Times Lite” by Johncom. 6 Feb 2007
The Herald's Christmas Cheer Fund collected R740 000 in 2006, the first time it has risen above R700 000 and exceeding the recording-breaking 2005 collection of R634 142 by 16.2%. 19 Jan 2007
According to Eric Newman, VP and GM of Pluck, the parent company of blog content syndicator Blogburst, the value of citizen blogging in traditional journalism "resides in their 'ability to bring new content to newspaper websites'", writes Editors Weblog. 7 Dec 2006
Business Day released its first issue of The Golfer on Thursday, 30 November 2006, focusing on the annual Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City, the economics of golf courses, Pearl Valley and the Garden Route. 30 Nov 2006
Although the New York Times is now planning to include citizen journalism within its editorial, reports Editors Weblog, "any submissions from readers would be edited" in order to maintain its high standards. 20 Nov 2006
The Guinness Book of World Records recently declared that Metro is both the world's largest and fastest growing newspaper, writes Editors Weblog: "Seventy editions of the free daily are published in 100 major cities, in 21 countries, and 19 languages, across Europe, North America and Asia." For more, click here. 17 Nov 2006
Staff at Britain's The Daily Telegraph have been challenged by the modernisation of its newsroom by its new youthful editor, reports Editors Weblog. 17 Nov 2006
Spar has joined forces with youth publication Free 4 All for its Back to School campaign for the third year running. 10 Nov 2006
According to Editors Weblog, a paid-for six-month old Dutch morning newspaper catering for young and smart adults has been proving a success, thanks to its creative and non-convention editorial approach. 25 Oct 2006
Business Day reports that a distribution and printing partnership between Canadian-based NewspaperDirect and local delivery company PostNet will result in the ability to download and print newspapers from NewspaperDirect's press service website, for delivery to customers. 24 Oct 2006
Daily Afrikaans newspaper Beeld is reporting a 2.8% increase in circulation, with average daily sales between April and June 2006 growing by 2 846 issues to an ABC-audited figure of 105 114. 17 Aug 2006
The new look of Free State daily newspaper Volksblad is but one of the changes that the publication has launched as part of its centenary renewal strategy. 4 Aug 2006
The Italians may be number one on the pitch but this has not been decided yet for the newspaper industry. 18 Jul 2006
Business Day and The Golf Alliance have partnered to bring The World Corporate Golf Challenge to South African Golf fundis. 25 Jun 2006
Presented as part of the Cape Town Book Fair line-up at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 17-20 June 2006, the Sunday Times programme of events will focus on the key issues in contemporary South African writing. 11 Jun 2006
In the 2005 fiscal year, Beeld's Children's Fund collected a record breaking R2.9 million. 3 Apr 2006
Beeld's chief photographer Halden Krog and education journalist Alet Rademayer have come out tops in the Media24 Newspaper Journalist of the Year Competition. 30 Mar 2006
Weekly newspaper Soccer Laduma continues to dominate the local sporting and soccer interest market with a 19% year-on-year circulation growth - an increase of 44 313 copies per week in one year (July-Dec 04 compared to July-Dec 05). 13 Mar 2006
The Sowetan has launched a new education supplement called Power Your Future, with a distribution of 1 800 000 copies to 1 000 urban, peri-urban and rural previously disadvantaged schools and government Multi-Purpose Community Centres - initially in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Free State, then rolling out across the nation by the end of 2006. 7 Mar 2006
Former deputy president Jacob Zuma has been named Newsmaker of the Year for 2005 by the Pretoria Press Club. 18 Jan 2006
Afrikaans daily newspaper Beeld, the official media partner of the Beeld Children's Fund (Kinderfonds), has revealed that a total of over R14 million was contributed to charity between 1994 and 2005. 26 Sep 2005
This weekend saw the biggest ever Sunday Times in its 99-year history. 25 Sep 2005