Kampala, Uganda — Africa’s pay tv business is projected so as to add 16 million new viewers over the subsequent 5 years as prime gamers step up the battle for compelling and inexpensive native content material. Between 2022 and 2028, the continent’s pay-TV subscribers are projected to rise by 38% …
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Most individuals most likely do not know who the BBC’s chairman is, and even that the BBC has a boss. But this usually obscure determine has lately hit the headlines. Richard Sharp, BBC chairman since February 2021, is a former banker and a serious donor to the Conservative celebration. Sharp …
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Norwich / Edinburgh / London — In a brand new guide, entitled Humanitarian Journalists: Protecting Crises from a Boundary Zone, we doc the distinctive reporting practices of a small however influential group of journalists who defy standard approaches to overlaying humanitarian crises. We argue that these humanitarian journalists present us …
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Nairobi — The brand new yr introduced dangerous information for press freedom on the African continent with the brutal homicide of 1 journalist and the suspicious loss of life of one other. Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ) Africa program head Angela Quintal mentioned that to begin the yr with the …
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With regards to civil liberties in Africa, Western governments and establishments should put their monies the place their mouths are. A marked disjuncture between the consolidation of democratic varieties and the affirmation of civil liberties is among the many paradoxes of Africa’s democratic evolution. On the entire, the sphere of …
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Brussels — In 2022, Saudi Arabia “quietly” sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in jail over her Twitter exercise, marking the longest Saudi sentence ever for a peaceable activist. Quick ahead and award-winning Ugandan creator Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged with two counts of “offensive communication” after making unflattering remarks concerning …
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United Nations — At the end of a five-minute newscast from a makeshift studio in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the venue of COP27, Cotonou-based journalist Ghyslaine Florida Zossoungbo was able to provide real-time information to her compatriots back home in the Republic of Benin. Zossoungbo reports for Benin ODD Television, …
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How can the news media represent women’s voices better? The answer might be in a recent report, “From outrage to opportunity: How to include the missing perspectives of women of all colors in news leadership and coverage”. The report was written by Luba Kassova, the award-winning evidence-based storyteller, and commissioned …
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Atmosphere reporting is dear; it wants quite a lot of touring and risk-taking On the finish of a five-minute newscast from a makeshift studio in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the venue of COP27, Cotonou-based journalist Ghyslaine Florida Zossoungbo was in a position to present real-time data to her compatriots again …
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