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Symposium on freedom of expression, exhibition on journalists’ safety to be held in Paris

UNESCO will hold an International High Level Symposium at its Paris headquarters next month. The conference, which marks the 60th year since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will take place October 29.

A two-day exhibition organized in partnership with Reuters, “Safety of Journalists,” will be held in conjunction with the symposium.

Media Awards 2008

First National Bank Namibia sponsors Namibia Media Awards

The Namibian Chapter of the Media Insititute of Southern Africa recieved a sponsorship cheque of thirty-nine thousand Namibian Dollars (N$ 39 000) from First National Bank (FNB).

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MINISTRY REVIEWS ICT POLICY

Gobabis

Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Raphael Dinyando, last Thursday (23/10/08) said his ministry has done a lot of work to update the country's existing Information Communication Technology...

ARE JOURNALISTS BORN OR TAUGHT

That was one thing a true journalist could never ever be! Judgemental! Regardless of whatever feeling a journalist had about a certain topic, a true journalists, has the uncanny ability to separate themselves from all issues....

Statements/Alerts

MISA NAMIBIA WELCOMES TABLING OF COMMUNICATION BILL

The Namibian Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, MISA Namibia, acknowledges the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology for taking swift steps to finalize the Information and Communication Bill.

Namibia Media Awards to take place

Responding to concerns raised by some journalists about the Sports Award, Haikali said: “The Sports Journalists Award has been with MISA Namibia for three years. During that period it was sad to note that very few, if any, sports...

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Code of Ethics for Namibian Media

MISA Namibia Annual Report(Available on Request)

Namibia Media Awards 2007 Progress Report - 902 KB

African Media Barometer Report - 707KB

The Right to Know Report 2007 - 179KB

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News & Activities

MISA Namibia cocktail evening with UNFPA

The challenges discussed for the evening were that journalists need to know statistics in order to effectively inform the public. Once the data is available, only then, can they decide on the best way to find out why for example...

Profile

The Media Institute of Southern Africa Namibia Chapter was officially launched in November 1998. The Chapter is one of 11 chapters in the SADC countries that form MISA. Since its inception MISA has its focus on the need to promote free, independent and pluralistic media as envisaged in the Windhoek Declaration.

Entry forms for the Namibia Media Awards 2008