by Franz Kruger | Oct 10, 2007 | Media freedom
The backdrop to the ANC's media policy proposals is a sense of embattlement – the party feels under siege from a hostile media, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. Most of the proposals are benign, but there is a worrying call for the possibility of a media...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 8, 2007 | Media freedom
An advertising-driven revenue model provides the motive for cheating, and loopholes in counting methods provide the means, writes The Weekender in an editorial in the wake of the circulation scandal rocking Media24 magazines. The Weekender writes in an editorial: IT...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 2, 2007 | Media freedom
The Daily Dispatch has embarked on an innovative project to reach out to its readers – bringing experts in to advise budding entrepreneurs. Deputy editor Andrew Trench describes it on his blog. Daily Dispatch deputy editor Andrew Trench writes on his...
by Franz Kruger | Jun 21, 2007 | Media freedom
The newly established Media Council of Zimbabwe, established in the teeth of opposition from the government, represents an attempt by the media to take charge of the nessary agenda of transformation, writes Rashweat Mukundu, country director of Misa in Zimbabwe....
by Franz Kruger | Jun 16, 2007 | Media freedom
Editors and publishers gathered in Cape Town recently for the dual Wan/Wef conferences adopted a "Declaration of Table Mountain" in which they affirmed the central importance of press freedom for Africa, and called particularly for the abolition of...
by Franz Kruger | Jun 9, 2007 | Media freedom
The twin conferences of the World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have come and gone. Much was said, but the core issue of ownership was not given any attention, writes Mahmood Sanglay. Mahmood Sanglay writes: The World Association of Newspapers...
