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/ 21 October 2003
United States President George W. Bush descended on Africa with at least 150 of his own journalists, denying access to local reporters. Yet, argues Tawana Kupe, our media weren’t as critical as they should have been.
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/ 21 October 2003
To coincide with national women’s day, The Media recognises the momentous lifetime achievements of one woman and honours the remarkable successes of another ten.
Many exceptional nominations were received for the inaugural ‘Sasol Women in The Media’ event, the chief criteria for final selection being outstanding contributions to growth and development across the commercial, governmental, academic and placement spheres of the media industry. The women listed here are the result of intense deliberations by members of The Media’s editorial board.
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/ 21 October 2003
Gender equality in the media is not simply about hiring more women, argues Jyoti Mistry. It is about challenging the patriarchal mindset that drives skewed representation in the media products themselves.
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/ 21 October 2003
It’s no big secret that CNN’s coverage of Africa is dismal. During a recent internship at the Atlanta head offices, SABC reporter Paula Slier took some of the global news giant’s top executives to task.
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/ 21 October 2003
The big numbers coming out of Cape Town were all in the Naspers results. Donald Paul explains the significance, and in the next snippet comments on the futility of a ‘mixed identity’ excuse.
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/ 21 October 2003
Once, when a female editor of a women’s magazine told him that a submitted piece wasn’t funny, David Bullard suffered the torment of a potency scare.
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/ 21 October 2003
African language radio stations ain’t what they used to be –- they’ve emerged from decades of apartheid suppression as viable mouthpieces of the new democracy. But now the station managements need to project a vision of their ability to garner revenue, and marketers need to recognise the value in the public broadcast audience.
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/ 21 October 2003
Eleventh-hour hearings on South Africa’s Postal Services Amendment Bill — which has raised concerns among courier service providers — have been interrupted when a parliamentary committee meeting was declared irregular by African National Congress chief whip in the National Council of Provinces.
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/ 21 October 2003
According to Joanne Scholtz, online media director at FCB Headspace, advertising spend on the web is witnessing significant growth. What are the factors fuelling this fire, and why don’t we see it in the stats?
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/ 21 October 2003
Investors pumped nearly R10-billion into unit trusts over the September quarter, pushing industry assets to R204-billion, equal to 4,4% of the JSE Securities Exchange’s market capitalisation.