Tim Dawson (IFJ)
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Deputy General Secretary @ International Federation of Journalists. ifj.org @IFJGlobal. Personal work and details: tim-dawson.com
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http://tim-dawson.com 08-12-2009 14:28:12
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Jemima Burkes /Anes se Gaos of NAMPU (Namibia): “Untrained journalists are placed under undue pressure, and come under attack for what they write. Editors must take more responsibility – editors must be part of the conversation about delivering quality journalism. #FAJ #botswana
Tuwany Gumani (Media Workers Association of South Africa): Stronger unions help with journalistic ethics, but getting the facts right is more important than anything else. Do that, other ethical considerations become less of an issues. Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) #botswana
Dr Lyndon Ncube Dr Lyton Ncube: “Truth is a social construct, dependent on power relations. The responsibility of journalists is to verify facts”. His point did not go uncontested! Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) #botswana
Marafaele Mohloboli (JAL Lesotho) “Last year I quit my job because the interns had not been paid and now the editors were making sexual advances towards them. I tried to stand up to that, and it did not sit well with my boss. I am jobless, but unrepentant.” Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) #botswana
Lose a debate, claim it was rigged, call for revocation of the national news platform's broadcast licence – #Trump remains true to the despot's playbook. From Financial Times
#IFJBlog: Journalists in Southern Africa are struggling with issues like politician threats, unpaid work, and sexual harassment. Unions need to take collective action. Tim Dawson (IFJ) writes about these challenges and the forming of a new body to support them ifj.org/media-centre/n…