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Leading-edge news publishers join World Newspaper Congress programme. 11 Mar 2010 15:55
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The great mistake of today's business environment is to believe that digital can fulfil the role of marketing. It will not, Miles Young, global CEO of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, said yesterday, Tursday, 9 March 2010, in Johannesburg. 10 Mar 2010 11:09
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The great mistake of today's business environment is to believe that digital can fulfil the role of marketing. It will not, Miles Young, global CEO of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, said yesterday, Tursday, 9 March 2010, in Johannesburg. 10 Mar 2010 11:09
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The media press conference, scheduled for 1pm on Friday, 5 March 2010, will be streamed live on FIFA.com and, roughly 90 minutes after the conference, VNR material will be made available for editorial usage for broadcasters via satellite feed. 4 Mar 2010 10:25
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NEW YORK: A Zimbabwean freelance journalist was arrested yesterday, 1 March 2010 for the third time this year — this time for taking footage of prisoners outside a courthouse in the capital, Harare, according to local journalists. 2 Mar 2010 08:38
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Collins Chabane, minister in the presidency in charge of performance monitoring and evaluation, and government spokesperson Themba Maseko last night, Thursday, 4 February 2010, made an impassioned plea to South African journalists to participate in the SADC Media Awards competition, saying it promotes regional integration and togetherness through excellent journalism. 5 Feb 2010 08:18
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One Young World, a global leadership summit for young leaders age 25 and under, united from all the world's 192 countries to address major global challenges, will be held in London from 8-10 February 2010. 1 Feb 2010 11:53
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The 2010 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards have added sector-specific categories to reflect the important role that various industries play in economic development. Entries are free and can be on any platform - online, print, broadcast. The closing date for entries is 26 March 2010, with the awards ceremony being held on 1 July 2010 in Central London. 27 Jan 2010 12:57
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NEW YORK: Freelance journalist Stanley Kwenda, a contributor to the private weekly The Zimbabwean, fled the country on Friday, 15 January 2010, after he said he received a telephone threat from a high-ranking police officer, according to the paper's editor, Wilf Mbanga. 21 Jan 2010 10:44
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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, the World Editors Forum and the International Association of Sports Newspapers have called on the Angolan government to better protect journalists following the murder of a sports journalist in an attack on the Togolese national football team's bus earlier this month. 20 Jan 2010 10:03
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WINDHOEK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Namibian authorities to thoroughly investigate an alleged attack by four assailants against freelance journalist John Grobler on 8 January 2010. 18 Jan 2010 08:25
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Isha Sesay, who hosts Inside Africa, CNN International's weekly look at political, economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa, will co-host the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, to be held in Kampala Uganda on 29 May 2010. 13 Jan 2010 08:26
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The number of freelance journalists killed or imprisoned worldwide increased dramatically last year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) 2009 tally, and it is a trend that highlights the current nature of how news is gathered in this age of financial crisis and digital revolution. 8 Jan 2010 07:25