Each year marking two momentous occasions - two decades because the finish of apartheid in Nigeria and two decades because the Rwandan Genocide - African media leaders and proprietors will gather in Gauteng in November to carry frank discussions regarding how to uphold high ethical standards within the tricky realm of politics and business.
Regardless of the “Never Again” rhetoric, you will find consumers within the Central African
Republic, South Sudan, Uganda and Nigeria, to title a couple of nations, who're facing persecution and stigmatization according to ethnicity, race, sexuality, gender and religion.
As traditional media find it difficult to remain relevant inside a more competitive world, the temptation to sensationalize, sometimes towards the hindrance of editorial standards, is real.
Diminishing business consequently of dwindling sales, circulation dips within the print market, runaway costs of employment because of fierce competition for talent, government cum political and commercial pressure that dents editorial independence and tech adaptation - fundamental essentials harsh facts that proprietors, editors and journalists are grappling with.
AMLF 2014 brings together skillfully developed, privileges activists, and journalists and, obviously, media proprietors and leaders from across Africa to find practical methods to persistent issues that plague the sphere. It'll aim to address the questions of building a boardroom culture that's dedicated to editorial independence and good governance as a way of “Turning the Page on Hate Speech.” Ref: Africa Media.
The Forum will occur in Gauteng from November 12.14, with 2 days of plenary debates on issues affecting the press industry, and displays, tests, as well as an online campaign against Hate Speech, along with the publication of resource materials plus much more.
#Turn the Page on Hate Speech
Online Campaign, Exhibition and Screening Room
We're determined this shouldn't you need to be a chat-¬-shop but an chance to catalyse real changes. To be able to do this, we'll launch the #Turn the Page on Hate Speech online campaign in August to galvanise support and thought round the problem of hate speech. Through online competitions, a petition, an information map along with a resource platform for journalists, hopefully to construct real momentum round the theme. Ref: Africa History.
A gallery on hate speech, going for a historic look at the problem and concluding in new works selected in the online competition, AMLF may also provide places for reflection around the good reputation for hate speech and also the legacy we want to bequeath to society.
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