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Cape Town Conference: Great cooperation can mean great scoops

Posted by Jackie Bischof on June 6, 2007 at 4:26 PM

An exclusive photo scoop of Zinedine Zidane’s famous 2006 World Cup “head butt” illustrates the advantages of newspaper cooperation, according to Marcel van Lingen, Editorial Director of the General Press Association (GDP). Van Lingen, who related the organisation’s success, was speaking on a panel discussion entitled "Sharing best practices: seven examples of newspaper cooperation" at the 14th World Editors Forum in Cape Town.

 

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Cape Town Conference: appreciating reader intelligence

Posted by Jackie Bischof on June 6, 2007 at 3:14 PM
To compete with other media, newspapers must recognize the intelligence of their readers and help them to understand the news. This was the view of sociologist Denis Muzet, Director of the French Mediscopie Institute, in his presentation at the 14th World Editors Forum in Cape Town.
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Cape Town Conference: Praise in Cape Town for African courage

Posted by Jackie Bischof on June 4, 2007 at 1:39 PM
President of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), Gavin O’Reilly, opened the 60th WAN Congress and the 14th World Editors Forum with praise for African journalists and “the courage they demonstrate on a daily basis.”
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Cape Town Conference: Harnessing the power of digital media

Posted by Jackie Bischof on June 3, 2007 at 5:00 PM
The challenge of digital media is not so much the new platforms in themselves, but the way in which they are embraced, capturing new audiences, according to Matthew Buckland, general manager of New Media at the Mail & Guardian Online. Speaking at a roundtable discussion at the 14th World Editors Forum, Buckland said the question was how publishers could harness these challenges to be successful in the future media environment.
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