http://en.redtram.com/ News on "Mass Media"  in "Africa" Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:03:05 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 1557 | Ghana: show us the League http://en.redtram.com/go/236296798/top100/ 236296798 The emergence of Glo Mobile Company as the headline sponsor of the Premier League has sent positive signals to the Ghanaian football fraternity. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:05:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296798/top100/ 1557 | Zambia: Statutory Regulation Willl Hurt Governance Record - Paza http://en.redtram.com/go/236296788/top100/ 236296788 THE Press Association of Zambia (PAZA) has suggested that the Government should allow media practitioners to come up with a non-statutory self-regulation mechanism for journalists instead of introducing statutory regulation. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:05:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296788/top100/ 1557 | Nigeria: Nasarawa Govt Opens Press Centre in Lafia http://en.redtram.com/go/236296778/top100/ 236296778 Nigerian Television Authority's (NTA) Director General Usman Magawata was joined by the National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Mohammed Garba yesterday in Lafia, Nasarawa State, to commission the N70 million ultra modern press centre at the Government House. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:04:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296778/top100/ 1557 | Nigeria: Sportsday's Ogunfeyinmi Wins Candy Award http://en.redtram.com/go/236296768/top100/ 236296768 Ace photo journalist , Segun Ogunfeyinmi of SportsDay Newspapers yesterday emerged winner of the maiden Candy Photo Journalist of the Year Award instituted by Cadbury Nigeria Plc. He was rewarded with a Sony laptop for his efforts. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:04:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296768/top100/ 1557 | Nigeria: NAN Pledges Improved Services http://en.redtram.com/go/236296757/top100/ 236296757 Subscribers to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) have called for improved services rendered, just as they applauded the achievements of the agency's managing director, Mrs. Oluremi Oyo. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:04:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296757/top100/ 1557 | Uganda: UBC Sacks Staff Over Incompetence http://en.redtram.com/go/236296749/top100/ 236296749 Uganda Broadcasting Corporation has dismissed at least 15 workers who have reportedly failed to meet their employment targets. The laying off of staff, according to UBC publicist Jane Kasumba is aimed at raising the corporation's competitiveness. "We regret the lay-offs Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:04:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296749/top100/ 1557 | Uganda: MPs Want Dialogue With Media http://en.redtram.com/go/236296735/top100/ 236296735 MPs on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have expressed interest in meeting journalists and media in general over the current Omnibus Media Bill which is due for tabling. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:03:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236296735/top100/ 1557 | Cameroon: Cameroonian editor under arrest http://en.redtram.com/go/236284801/top100/ 236284801 The managing editor of a private newspaper in Cameroon has been held in police custody since Thursday, accused of insulting President Paul Biya, according to local journalists and news reports. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:31:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284801/top100/ 1557 | Kenya: Nation Journalist Honoured for Climate Reporting http://en.redtram.com/go/236284793/top100/ 236284793 Nation Journalist Steve Mbogo Tuesday scooped top honours at the ongoing climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark for excellent reporting on the subject. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:31:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284793/top100/ 1557 | Nigeria: NUJ Sues AGF, IGP Over Bayo Ohu's Death http://en.redtram.com/go/236284784/top100/ 236284784 The Lagos chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), has dragged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice before the Federal High Court in Lagos over the application of section 4(2) of the robbery and firearms Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:31:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284784/top100/ 1557 | Zambia: 'State Means Well on Media Regulation' http://en.redtram.com/go/236284779/top100/ 236284779 INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha has said the Government is sincere on media regulation because it has no ill-intentions against the Press. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284779/top100/ 1557 | Zimbabwe: Xinhua, New Ziana Sign Co-Operation Agreement http://en.redtram.com/go/236284773/top100/ 236284773 Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Webster Shamu last week met Xinhua News Agency Vice President Lu Wei and discussed ways of strengthening media relations and co-operation between the two countries. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284773/top100/ 1557 | Tunisia: Lebanese Magazine Highlights Achievements Since the Change http://en.redtram.com/go/236284764/top100/ 236284764 The latest edition of the Arabic language, Lebanese weekly magazine "Assayed", devotes a long feature article to Tunisia, highlighting the country's many achievements since the November 7, 1987 Change. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284764/top100/ 1557 | Gambia: Observer Senior Reporter Leaves For Ghana http://en.redtram.com/go/236284757/top100/ 236284757 Amadou Jallow, a senior reporter and the Fisheries columnist of the Daily Observer newspaper, yesterday left for Accra, Ghana to attend a three-day Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) training for Anglophone journalists in charge of water and/or environment issues in Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:13 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284757/top100/ 1557 | South Africa: Media Between Rock and Hard Place http://en.redtram.com/go/236284750/top100/ 236284750 The media have seen it all throughout this year - from media freedom threat to closure of certain editorially rich but financially unsustainable newspapers and magazines, a dip in circulation and advertising revenues, retrenchments, hunger strike and protests over SABC's Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:29:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284750/top100/ 1557 | Nigeria: That Newspaper Blackmail Against Ohakim http://en.redtram.com/go/236284744/top100/ 236284744 If not for the purpose of clarification and putting the records straight, I would not have bothered to react to baseless lies by hack writers and traducers, whose major occupation these days is to plant frivolous propaganda and blackmail against Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:29:27 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236284744/top100/