by Franz Kruger | Dec 29, 2008 | Media business
The health of Guinea's president Lansana Conte was a taboo subject for Guinean journalists. And when his death just before Christmas plunged the country into uncertainy, the media have been virtually shut down, with state broadcasters playing only...
by Franz Kruger | Dec 14, 2008 | Media business
The Sunday Times has published the summary of the findings of a four-person panel appointed to look at the newspaper's policies and processes. In brief, the panel has recommended a review of the paper's structures and policies, to avoid editorial...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 28, 2008 | Media business
Television and radio newsrooms are already gearing up for next year's election, amd debates about how to cover the parties fairly, writes Jocelyn Newmarch in Business Day. Jocelyn Newmarch writes in Business Day: Local broadcasters are already planning how best to...
by Franz Kruger | Nov 2, 2008 | Media business
A new report from the Panos Institute of West Africa includes a survey of radio stations in seven West African countries about their use of ICT for reporting, production, transmission and interaction with their listeners. The survey clearly shows the existence of a...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 9, 2008 | Media business
President Kgalema Motlanthe should have included the right to freedom of information in his list of priorities, writes Rhoda Kadalie in Business Day. And that would mean urgently addressing the crisis at the SABC, which continueds on its biased, bumbling...
by Franz Kruger | Aug 29, 2008 | Media business
The line between acceptable and unacceptable in 'improving' photographs has become increasingly difficult to draw, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. In the wake of the furore around the Chinese use of digital technology to enhance the opening of...
