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Cape Town: Obstacles for Arabic Press

Posted by Bate Felix on June 6, 2007 at 3:43 PM
It is complicated trying to balance ethics, transparency and independence in Arabic press newsrooms, said Khalid Hamed Al Malik, editor-in-chief of Saudi Arabia’s Al Jazirah newspaper, at the 14th World Editor’s Forum.
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Cape Town conference: Press freedom with Responsibility

Posted by Bate Felix on June 6, 2007 at 9:40 AM

Press freedom must be balanced with responsibility, fairness, factual reporting and respect for human dignity, said Jacob Zuma, deputy president of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress.

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Cape Town Conference: Is the web inspiring print front pages?

Posted by Bate Felix on June 5, 2007 at 3:04 PM
Newspapers now face both a technological and aesthetic revolution, influenced and stimulated than ever by the Internet and the multimedia age, dominated by the iPod generation.
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Cape Town Conference: Adapt or die – media boss warns.

Posted by Bate Felix on June 5, 2007 at 10:07 AM

Newsrooms that don’t adapt to the changes ushered in by new information and communications technologies will not have a future, according to Mike van Niekerk, online editor-in-chief of Australia’s number one news and information group Fairfax Media.

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Cape Town Conference: A new newspaper for a new public

Posted by Bate Felix on June 4, 2007 at 5:51 PM

The times of one newspaper and one deadline are over, said Birgit Donker, editor-in-chief of NRC Handelsblad and NRC Next of the Netherlands.

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Cape Town Conference: Mbeki says both media and government must be responsible

Posted by Bate Felix on June 4, 2007 at 2:53 PM

The debate between media and governments must be open and fair, said South African president Thabo Mbeki, welcoming delegates attending the 60th World Association of Newspapers Congress in Cape Town.

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