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Women In News: WAN-IFRA African Media Leadership Programme Call For Applications
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WAN-IFRA is pleased to invite commercial and editorial media women in
Botswana, Namibia and Zambia to apply to participate in the second year
of the groundbreaking Women In News (WIN) programme. More
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WAN-IFRA Promotes Responsible Investment in Media
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The World
Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is working to increase
the social investment base for newspapers in developing markets and contribute
to the economic viability and independence of free media around the world. More
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Coaching Benefits WIN’s Participants - and Coaches
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Possibly the most
impactful and pivitol aspect of WAN-IFRA’s Women In News (WIN) programme is
career coaching. In order to assist participants from Botswana, Namibia an
Zambia in developing their career roadmaps – detailed five-year plans for
professional growth within the media industry – two international career
coaches have been actively involved since WIN’s July launch; engaging WIN women
regularly in person and over the phone. More
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WIN: “A leader sets the culture for the organisation; a manager leads the team”
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Respect for deadlines, being
an ‘active’ listener, and learning how to make decisions are key qualities of a
good leader, said Paula Fray, expert trainer and Regional Director of IPS
Africa, in her opening of a four-hour training session on leadership developed
exclusively for participants of the WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN) programme. More
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Georgian Media Seek Revenue Sustainability in EU-supported programme
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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have just completed the third session of a business development course for Georgian media, under a programme funded by the European Union to strengthen the financial independence of media in the country. More
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Vietnam Media Partnership Expands to Business Training
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Vietnamese media
managers are attending two cutting-edge training courses this week on
how to run successful newsrooms and media businesses, as part of a new
partnership between the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) and
WAN-IFRA. More
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Georgian Media Adapts to Meet Changing Audience Demands
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The Creating and Developing
New Media Platforms workshop of the EU-funded Media Strengthening Program for
Georgia began with a session looking at Media Strategy, bringing Georgian media
leaders together to discover ways of harnessing and embracing the demands and
opportunities of a new media environment. Methods designed to reduce costs and
create new revenue generating opportunities by producing content for the
portable, personalised and participatory media landscape are seen as the future
across all media platforms. More
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'Women in News' in Full Swing
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Women in News (WIN), a groundbreaking initiative from WAN-IFRA that helps female media professionals advance their careers, will see participants from Zambia, Namibia and Botswana meet in Johannesburg, South Africa, next week as the programme reaches its half-way point. More
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A Newsday for Zimbabwe
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In early June, the new
independent Zimbabwean daily Newsday
was finally granted a publishing license by the government after two long years
in waiting. WAN-IFRA spoke to assistant editor Norah Spie about the paper, the
current state of media affairs, and how she sees the future for her country. More
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Capturing a Common Language: Photography and the ANDP
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For communication to take place, a common language is
generally a prerequisite. For the Danish consultants and Algerian photographers
and editors brought together for a workshop in Algiers in August, communication
occurred through the intermediary of a translator. But they all still had a
common language. The visual language of photography. More
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Zimbabwe Editors Assess New Ways of Working
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Representatives from Zimbabwe’s independent, state and community media
have taken part in a unique workshop aimed at equipping the country’s
media leaders with the skills needed to produce content for multiple
devices. More
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WAN-IFRA and Vietnam Journalists Association Launch Media Convergence Project
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Vietnamese media managers today begin the country¹s first training course on
how to set up converged multimedia content newsrooms to produce news for
multiple devices. More
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Botswana Media Women Reflecting on the WIN Launch
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After a
successful two-day launch event of the Sida-funded Women In News (WIN)
programme in Johannesburg, attended by a total of 22 women –
participants, coaches, mentors, advisors and organisers – all were
buzzing and anticipating the upcoming National Gatherings. More
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Women In News is an “Opportunity of a Lifetime”
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WAN-IFRA’s Women In News (WIN) programme enjoyed its official launch in
Johannesburg, South Africa, on 1 and 2 July. The long awaited event, made
possible by the funding of the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida), brought together 14 participants,
representing media women from Botswana, Namibia and Zambia; two
international career coaches; four national mentors; advisors and
organisers to meet, network, and kick off the six-month programme with
lively discussions, one-on-one coaching sessions, a newspaper tour, a
management workshop, and more. More
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WAN-IFRA Media Development Projects
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WAN-IFRA is
convinced that newspapers need to
be economically viable, and therefore commercially successful, if they
are to be truly free and independent and able to play their essential
role in developing political, economic and social progress and
stability. As a result, WAN-IFRA's Media Development projects run
parallel to its Press Freedom work, promoting sound business practices,
applying cutting edge development techniques and delivering successful
support projects in coordination with local experts, journalists,
editors and media owners around the world. More
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Dan Viet Set to Launch Modern, Re-designed Website
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Vietnamese
online media is undergoing a revitalisation. Motivated by an increased
liberalisation of the media and an interest in adopting the
functionality and design of large global news websites, Dan Viet - the online arm of Nong Thon focusing on rural news and agriculture - has been reborn. More
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WAN-IFRA Women In News Programme
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Women are often
absent from the top management of media in Africa; they tend to advance
only to a certain level before they are met by a industry-wide glass
ceiling. However, research has shown that having women in that upper
echelon of management not allows a business to thrive, but a female
manager is more likely to promote other women to the top positions that
they would not otherwise attain under male-management. More
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Vietnam Media Partnership
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WAN-IFRA’s
involvement in Vietnam is geared toward identifying and training the
media leaders of the future so that they can build sustainable media
businesses, delivering responsible, issue-led journalism that informs
the public debate with objective, impartial and accurate information
and the audience can, in turn, make more educated choices. More
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Arab Newspaper Development Programme - Phase II Launched
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After two
months of negotiating a new deal, the second phase of the Arab
Newspaper Development Programme was finally launched at a first meeting
of the ANDPII team in Beirut to coincide with the 4th Arab Free Press
Forum held in early June 2010. More
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WAN-IFRA Women in News Programme
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Call for Applications: Women
working in middle and senior management positions at newspapers in
Botswana, Namibia and Zambia are invited to apply for the "Women In News" (WIN) training programme, organised by the World Association of
Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). More
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Arabic Newspapers Collaborate on “Visual Journalism”
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The World Association of Newspapers and the United Nations agency
UNESCO have organised a seminar on visual journalism in Morocco to
encourage collaboration among newspapers in the region and to increase
professionalism in the Arabic language press. More
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