The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Norwegian School of Management are preparing their second annual World Newspaper Future & Change Study, and are calling upon newspaper company executives to take a survey about their company's business strategy and ability to change with the demands of the market.

Please find below further information, including the link to the survey, for your attention. Please do not hesitate to contact our office for any inquiries.

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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Norwegian School of Management are preparing their second annual World Newspaper Future & Change Study, and are calling upon newspaper company executives to take a survey about their company's business strategy and ability to change with the demands of the market.

This global study aims to better understand and quantify newspaper company's responses to challenges across the newspaper company value chain. During its inaugural year in 2009, despite extremely challenging financial circumstances for many newspapers around the world during the financial downturn, the majority of the 657 respondents indicated that their companies were in innovation mode, creating new print and digital products and new businesses, such as insourcing printing, training and events.

The 21-question survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. As a way of thanking survey respondents for their contribution, WAN-IFRA will send them the final World Newspaper Future & Change Study report following the World Newspaper Congress in Beirut in June 2010. Respondents will fill out their contact info at the end of the survey. Their identities will remain confidential.

The survey is being conducted in multiple languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Chinese and Japanese. The English version is available at:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/wnfcs2010

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has put together materials for a parent's guide to be utilised in protecting children when using the Internet.  This material is being offered to newspapers to publish at no cost. 

The guide, which may be run as an insert or series, is designed to assist your newspaper become a media literacy ally of teachers and parents.

"Internet in the Family: A guide to helping children when they go online" covers some of the risks associated with using new technologies and offers strategies for reducing those risks, without "demonizing" the Internet and new technology.

The guide offers advice to parents on:

•    helping children learn to search the Internet;
•    determining the credibility of information;
•    why students shouldn't 'copy and paste' Internet material into their own schoolwork;
•    how to avoid the dangers posed by undesirable sites offering pornography and worse and
•    how to conduct themselves on social networks and blogs.

Most importantly, the guide includes a model "Family Code" of behaviour for using the Internet, and offers ten recommendations for adults.

The guide was written for WAN-IFRA by Roxana Morduchowicz, Argentina Media Education Director, and was supported by the paper manufacturer Norske Skog. It has been endorsed by leading educators in the United States, Argentina, France and Nigeria.

Later in 2010, WAN-IFRA will make the Family Internet Guide II available; this will focus on adolescent use of chats and blogs.

For more information, contact Mamosa Thulo by e-mail at mamosat@printmedia.org.za

Dialogue, Drama and Diski is an event by the Apartheid Museum, to be held on the 26^th of April (18:30 - 21:00)

Contributors include S'busiso Mseleku (City Press - Sport Editor) who will the discussing the role played by football in the liberation of the country.  He is will tackling this discussion with Oshebeng Alphie Koonyaditse (Author of The Politics of South African Football). There is also a play and dancing on the nice.

RSVP by the 22^nd of April to: Agnetha

The News Media Coalition, whose members have contributed significantly to the formulation of the Code of Practice for Sports News Reporting, today (Tuesday March 30) congratulated the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and the Australian government's communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy for efforts in seeking to identify a balance between the needs of commercialised sport and vital press freedom of news organisations to cover major sporting events.

 Throughout the deliberations of firstly the Senate Inquiry and the subsequent mediation sessions under the auspices of the ACCC, news organisations have sought to protect the interests of the public in accessing independent and topical journalistic coverage, including photography. We trust that the Code will enable this fundamental function of the independent news media to continue to operate without the fear of unnecessary or arbitrary restrictions on their operations.

News organisations look forward to working with those sporting organisations which recognise the importance and benefits of a strong media sector and the Code looks to be a welcome and constructive basis for this.

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Note to NMC statement:

The News Media Coalition is an international organisation which seeks to protect the ability of news organisations to cover major events such as sporting competitions without restrictions on the way the public can obtain independent and topical journalist material. News agency and newspaper organisation members include Associated Press, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA), Thomson Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Getty Images and national  and regional newspaper trade associations.

NMC Contacts:

Andrew Moger
Executive Director
News Media Coalition

The IAJ Community Media Department has been appointed by Swiss National Association of an for the Blind to source and coordinate training of audio description soccer commentators. If you have a experience background in sport broadcasting and you are currently employed by a community radio or a private station, please forward your motivation letter (why do you think you are a right candidate?) and a CV before 16 April 2010.

Please note that only people living next to the following venues need to apply, we are looking for 10 people per venue to be auditioned as soon as possible. IAJ reserves the right to decide who to shortlist for the auditions.

1.       Cape Town - 10 people

2.       Port Elizabeth - 10 people

3.       Durban - 10 people

4.       Johannesburg ) - 15 people

5.       Pretoria- 15 people

It is important to note  that sending your application doesn't mean that you have been chosen for the auditions but you will be informed in writing if you have been shortlisted for the interview and auditions.

Please send your application to skills@iaj.org.za or fax 011-4842282. Please don't hesitate to contact Martin Mduduzi Vilakazi if you need any further clarity.

Click here for the Job specifications.

 

The Print Media SA's Awards Committee, SANEF and the Nieman Society of Southern Africa are now accepting nominations for the 2010 Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity.

Nat Nakasa was a prominent journalist and writer who died in exile. This annual award recognises any media practitioner - journalist, editor, manager or owner - who has:

*      Shown integrity and reported fearlessly;

*      Displayed a commitment to serve the people of South Africa;

*      Tenaciously striven to maintain a publication or other medium despite insurmountable obstacles;

*      Resisted any censorship;

*      Shown courage in making information available to the SA public;

*      Any combination of the above.

If you think anybody fits this definition, please submit your nomination before May 28, 2010 accompanied by a motivation of 300 words to: 

 malesedid@printmedia.org.za

or 2^nd Floor, 7 St Davids

St Davids Office Park
PARKTOWN
Tel: (011) 484-3624
Fax: (011) 551-9650

For Attention: Malesedi Dlamini

 The Award is open to all journalists irrespective of whether they serve a community / national newspaper, magazine or an electronic medium (including online publishers). 

Previous winners of this Award are, however, not eligible for entry. The winner will receive R20 000 in prize money and a certificate.

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Click here for more information about the Nat Nakasa and the previous winners.

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), University of Central Lancashire, UK, and Norwegian School of Management are preparing their second annual World Newspaper Future & Change Study, and are calling upon newspaper company executives to take a survey about their company's business strategy and ability to change with the demands of the market.

This global study aims to better understand and quantify newspaper company's responses to challenges across the newspaper company value chain. During its inaugural year in 2009, despite extremely challenging financial circumstances for many newspapers around the world during the financial downturn, the majority of the 657 respondents indicated that their companies were in innovation mode, creating new print and digital products and new businesses, such as insourcing printing, training and events.

The 21-question survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. As a way of thanking survey respondents for their contribution, WAN-IFRA will send them the final World Newspaper Future & Change Study report following the World Newspaper Congress in Beirut in June 2010. Respondents will fill out their contact info at the end of the survey. Their identities will remain confidential.

The survey is being conducted in multiple languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Chinese and Japanese. The English version is available at:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/wnfcs2010