The executive board of The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has announced that its request for the Media for Advocacy-Advocacy for Media Project from The Gambia Media Support Project (GAMES) was approved on 27 February 2012. The new project is a continuation of the Media Development Project-Professional... read more29 Feb 2012
Senegal to host 2011 PAMRO Meeting, All Africa Media Research Conference
The 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 more16 Nov 2010
Still time to enter Loeries
click to enlargeThe deadline of 31 May 2010 for Loeries 2010 entries, other than 2010 FIFA World Cup entries, has been extended to 14 June 2010 but does carry a 5% late fee. This means that all work flighted between 1 June 2009 and 14 June 2010 is eligible for entry. World cup- related entries have... read more21 May 2010
Loeries: 5% discount for early bird entrants
The 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 more8 Apr 2010
Women photojournalists called to enter international competition
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. Women photojournalists worldwide are welcome to enter the... read more12 Mar 2010
New leadership for Media24 Africa
Media24 Africa, a division of Media24, has appointed Glynis O'Hara as the editorial director of its Africa operations. O'Hara will assume editorial responsibility for Drum East Africa and True Love East Africa, True Love West Africa, Kick Off Nigeria, weekly soccer newspaper GOAL! and the soon-to-be... read more21 Jan 2008
Journalists in exile
Over 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. On average, three journalists a month make this escape, with less than 15% of them ever seeing home again.... read more20 Jun 2007
ThisDay stores face closure
Cash-squeezed ThisDay is looking at closing 24 of the 75 CNA stores which the Nigerian-based company bought at the end of last year and is in talks with about 80 staff members about their future. CE Graeme King says that despite the setback with the stores the planned launch of a daily newspaper in... read more23 Jun 2003