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Court rips open brown envelope
Friday, 10 February 2012 14:44

Jocoza_Backstory_blockThe ANC's report on the brown envelope saga was this week forced into the open by a Cape High Court ruling.  Although the report is short on substance, the fact of its release is a stunning victory for access to infomration legislation, writes Gill Moodie in Backstory.  But it begs the question: if the ANC uses this saga to justify a clampdown on the media, why is it so intent on sweeping its own role under the carpet, and in fact rewards the politicians responsible? It takes two to corrupt ...

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Zim media system: more of the same
Monday, 13 February 2012 03:52

The power-sharing government in Zimbabwe has failed to deliver real reform of the media sector, writes Phillip Pasirayi in the Zimbabwe Independent.

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Journ schools face up to challenge of teaching new media skills
Monday, 06 February 2012 03:36

Jocoza_Backstory_blockWhile SA media companies are struggling to get ahead of the new media curve, journalism training schools are working hard to equip their graduates with the necessary multi-media skills, writes Gil Moodie in Backstory. 

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'PSL press' urged to be 'La Liga'
Monday, 06 February 2012 03:19

Public hearings by the Press Freedom Commission brought a wide range of suggestions for how to regulate the press. There was no unanimity, except that nobody argued for state regulation, writes Trevor Neethling in Business Day. Even editors accepted that much needs to be done to improve both the standards of journalism and the system of self-regulation.

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New media ethics need radical transparency
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 11:12

The media landscape has changed dramatically, and so should journalists' rules of engagement, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. New approaches that use the web to disclose full details of the reporting process and related issues are called for, in order to earn the audience trust the media can no longer take for granted.

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SABC spends R500k on transport

Monday, 13 February 2012

The cash-strapped SABC has spent over half a million rand to shuttle high-ranking officials to and from meetings, according to an exclusive report by Eyewitness News.  

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Calls for Al Jazeera to reinstate HIV+ journo

Monday, 13 February 2012

Human rights and civil society groups will picket the Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, next week to call for the reinstatement of a South African journalist who was thrown out of Qatar after it was found that he has HIV, writes Khopotso Bodibe for health-e news agency.

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Ombudsman reports rise in complaints

Monday, 13 February 2012

There was a 70% increase over the last three years in the number of complaints about incorrect or unethical newspaper reports, the Press Council's Ombudsman reported to editors at a meeting in Cape Town, according to a report on M&G Online.

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Awards, Training, Events...

Taco Kuiper Awards

Entries are now being accepted for this year's Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism.

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Arts Journalism Workshop

For the 10th year, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival presents its unique arts journalism training programme: ‘Reviving the Drumbeat’ (24-31 March 2012)
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IPI World Congress 2012

The 2012 International Press Institute World Congress takes place in Trinidad & Tobago next June

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