Defenders of the laws? Once again, those who should be upholding the law seem to be ignorant of it - or do they believe themselves above the law? On Friday, 4 February 2011, there were two illegal police attacks on press photographers in Pretoria and Bloemfontein and both the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) and the Professional Journalists' Association of South Africa (ProJourn) have issued strong statements condemning the assaults and the ignorance of the police with respect to their own regulations (Standing Order 156), especially in the light of recent similar incidents. Standing Order 156 states, among other things: Police may "under no circumstances" verbally or physically abuse journalists and no cameras or other equipment may be seized, unless this is destined to be an exhibit in court; and police may "under no circumstances whatsoever" wilfully damage the camera, film, recording or other equipment of a journalist. (Source: Mark van der Velden, The ExtraOrdinary Editor, 2009). To quote ProJourn: "The assault is all the more disturbing following as it does a week of attacks and intimidation of journalists in Egypt, which ProJourn outright condemns. It also follows too many incidents of police intimidating journalists, arresting them for carrying out their duties, and obstructing them from doing their jobs over the past several years." Simone Puterman ( @SimoneBiz) Managing editorPlease send all South African marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com, international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors-marketing@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive.
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 The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has condemned what it describes as "two outrageous illegal police attacks on press photographers in Pretoria and Bloemfontein while they were carrying out their duties of informing the public by picturing incidents in the two cities" on Friday, 4 February 2011, and wants illegal assaults and arrests of journalists dealt with by highest authority. Read more >>Advertisement:
NEWSWATCH: According to the Professional Journalists' Association of South Africa (ProJourn), police officers neither know nor understand their own regulations relating to media coverage of crime, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that the ANC is miffed and reckons the media is being mean to Jimmy Manyi. Meanwhile, Zuma asked for suggestions for his state of the nation address - and got them... in spades, reports Times Live. Read more >>Advertising
 The 2011 judging panel for the Roger Garlick Awards have been announced. The awards, which close for entry this Wednesday 9 February, will see the finalists announced at the AMASA AGM on 6 April and winners at the AdReview event on 20 April. Read more >>Design |  |
 A new conference and exhibition, Design in Hospitality (DiH), will be launched as a two-day event, 7-8 July 2011, at the Forum, Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg. Focusing exclusively on the hotel and hospitality industry, it will give designers and other decision makers the opportunity to grow their understanding of industry trends and to connect with their peers. Read more >>Magazines |  |
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 The radio-station-turned-media-group, OFM, which is planning on widening its media offering in the short term, has appointed Sandra Coetzee Mulder as group commissioning editor to drive its 'content-first' repositioning strategy. Read more >>Advertisement:
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African Dune Communications, a boutique PR and marketing agency that specialises in IT and telecommunications, has announced that MH Consulting has merged with its business. Read more >>Production
The Exhibition of South African Photography 1950-2010, which runs until 24 April 2011 at the Pretoria Art Museum, was officially opened last week by the CEO of Mercedes-Benz South Africa, Dr Hansgeorg Niefer, on behalf of the company's parent company and main sponsor of the exhibition, Daimler AG, Stuttgart. Read more >> WASHINGTON, DC, US: Entries for the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awards for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting are now being accepted. The awards honour the world's best cross-border investigative journalism. Submissions must be postmarked no later than 1 July 2011. Read more >> LONDON, UK: Cream, the online resource for media and marketing professionals, is searching the globe for the 100 best marketing campaigns for a new book. The final 100 campaigns will be published in a glossy coffee-table-style book, launched at the Festival of Media Global, 8-10 May, in Montreux, Switzerland. Read more >> NEW YORK, US Submissions from around the globe have been flooding the New York headquarters of The One Club, the non-profit organisation dedicated to elevating creative work in the advertising industry. Now, after a week of intense judging, the One Club is ready to announce third quarter finalists for One Show Interactive - their award show celebrating the best in digital advertising and new media. Read more >>
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 Living Your Brand has taken 2011 by the horns, as the planning for this year's sequel Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Conference has started with a bang - with higher expectations, bigger topics and larger audiences. Read more >>CSI
South Africans could be tuning into their first corporate social investment talk show, called IMPACT SA, on Radio Tygerberg this year, if the radio station is able to secure a corporate sponsor to fund this initiative. Read more >>Digital | | Your source of digital advertising | |  |
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 In January this year MyBroadband.co.za exceeded 900,000 monthly unique visitors. The latest audited Nielsen Online statistics reveal that MyBroadband served 4,459,760 pages to a total of 933,367 unique visitors. Read more >> Beauty Bulletin is launching a new Beauty Bloggers Network and is calling for participants. Read more >>Production
 Luma's animated short series Bun&Bunee has received a nomination for the Best Animated Series: Family Category at the KidScreen Awards in the USA. Read more >> Brought on board by some of the country's biggest agencies to collaborate on commercials for South Africa's favourite brands, post-World Cup, Frieze Films' Malo 8 shot Kiwi Shoe Polish's first TVC as a new client at Ogilvy Cape Town, Cuddlers for Grey Advertising, and Doom and Ace for TBWA Hunt Lascaris. Read more >>Radio |  |
A very interesting 8-week journey of love and romance is set to soon unfold live on Phat Joe's daily breakfast show (6-9am). Read more >>
 Fleur du Cap has announced its 2010 nominees for the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, which are given to outstanding individuals for theatre excellence. The annual awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, 20 March, 2011, at 6pm, at the Artscape Theatre, Cape Town. Read more >>- Arrive in Africa appoints The VWV Group - more info
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