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Media accreditation open for Design IndabaMedia interested in applying for accreditation for the 2012 Design Indaba Conference (29 February - 2 March) are advised to familiarise themselves with the guidelines on the website, before applying. The organisers state that, due to the high demand for tickets to the conference, there are only 20... read more 23 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 Vodadome hosts 2010 Africa Photographic Awards ceremonyThe inaugural Africa Photographic Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 12 August 2010, at the Vodadome (Vodaworld) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Official proceedings will commence at 7pm and will include a cocktail dinner with a cash bar and live entertainment. For more... read more 15 Jul 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 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 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 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 Zingisa Mkhuma appointed Pretoria News acting editorZingisa 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. Mkhuma is a seasoned journalist with almost 20 years of experience in newspaper and magazine editing. “Zingisa’s... read more 9 Mar 2007 Rumours of new daily paperThe 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”. For more, click here.... read more 5 Mar 2007 Local newspaper industry growing“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... read more 6 Feb 2007 Record-breaking year for newspaper fundThe 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%. Close on 200 charity and other community care organisations will benefit from the Eastern Cape's generosity. 19 Jan 2007 Co-operation between newspapers and blogs?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. For more, click here.... read more 7 Dec 2006 Business Day takes to the greenBusiness 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. The Golfer is a monthly publication that will appear on the last Thursday of each month in... read more 30 Nov 2006 New York Times to include citizen journalismAlthough 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. For more, click here.... read more 20 Nov 2006 Freesheet is 'world's largest global newspaper'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... read more 17 Nov 2006 Planned reforms for Daily Telegraph create troubleStaff at Britain's The Daily Telegraph have been challenged by the modernisation of its newsroom by its new youthful editor, reports Editors Weblog. Will Lewis won his first battle recently when employees decided to postpone a strike. For more, click here.... read more 17 Nov 2006 Back to school for the third year in a rowclick to enlargeSpar has joined forces with youth publication Free 4 All for its Back to School campaign for the third year running. Free 4 All is delivered monthly direct to over 800 schools - a copy for every pupil. To keep up the momentum during the summer holidays, a special Back to School... read more 10 Nov 2006 Next generation willing to payAccording 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. For more, click here.... read more 25 Oct 2006 PostNet to print and deliver foreign papersBusiness 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. For more, click here.... read more 24 Oct 2006 Beeld's readership on the increaseDaily 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. On average, it sold 7 166 more newspapers on Saturdays than it did over the same period last year. 17 Aug 2006 Afrikaans daily undergoes revampclick to enlargeThe 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. Content will also be adapted to bring it in-line with industry trends and the needs of today's readers. The newspaper reports... read more 4 Aug 2006 Deadline for Ifra XMA Cross Media Awards nearsThe Italians may be number one on the pitch but this has not been decided yet for the newspaper industry. Until the end of July, newspaper publishers from all over the world can apply for the Ifra XMA Cross Media Awards 2006, which honours the most innovative and creative special projects organised... read more 18 Jul 2006 Media partner for World Corporate Golf Challenge namedBusiness Day and The Golf Alliance have partnered to bring The World Corporate Golf Challenge to South African Golf fundis. For the second year running, Business Day will act as the exclusive and official media partner to one of the world's largest corporate golf event, The World Corporate Golf... read more 25 Jun 2006 Perfect mid-winter pep-upPresented 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. Highlights will be the submissions for the 2006 Alan Paton Non-Fiction... read more 11 Jun 2006 Beeld's Children's Fund raises nearly R3 millionIn the 2005 fiscal year, Beeld's Children's Fund collected a record breaking R2.9 million. Says Beeld GM Lucille van Niekerk, "The whole team is thrilled that the Beeld's Children's Fund raised close to R3 million, over 20% more than the year before!" Audited free of charge by Pricewaterhouse... read more 3 Apr 2006 |
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