Embrace citizen journalists: Kahiya
BY Tafadzwa Kachiko ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) Group Editor-in-Chief Vincent Kahiya has called on media organisations to embrace citizen journalists and new technology to remain relevant in the fast changing information super highway. Addressing media lecturers and students at the Great Zimbabwe...
MP Paradza blasts journalists for being political pawns
BY NUNURAI JENA Makonde MP Kindness Paradza (Zanu PF) has rapped some local journalists for turning themselves into political activists and being embedded in politics at the expense of their noble profession. Addressing journalists from Mashonaland West Province during at a belated World Press...
‘Zimbos yet to enjoy freedom of expression, access to info’
BY NQOBANI NDlOVU Zimbabweans are yet to enjoy freedom of expression and access to information as enshrined in the new Constitution as there are no laws giving effect to these provisions, a legal think-tank has said. Veritas said the Broadcasting Services Act, the Access to Information and...
Mainstream media should accommodate citizen journalists
BY MOSES MATENGA THE mainstream media should work together with new players in the game and accommodate citizen journalists into its space, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) Editor-In-Chief Vincent Kahiya has said. AMH are the publishers of leading newspaper titles NewsDay, Zimbabwe Independent, The...
2015 World Press Freedom Day Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture full speech
By Alpha Media Holdings Group Editor in Chief Vincent Kahiya SalutationsWe gather here this evening for the 2015 Bornwell Chakaodza Memorial Lecture as part of commemorations for World Press Freedom Day. I am honoured to stand before you in memory of a fine journalist, a political scientist and...
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists condemns Econet’s raid
LOCAL journalists yesterday petitioned Econet Wireless and Steward Bank protesting the institutions’ recent raid on business news agency, The Source, in pursuit of “stolen confidential documents”. The 130-signature petition was presented to Econet Wireless and Steward Bank in Harare by Media...
VMCZ CONDEMNS ECONET WIRELESS RAID OF THE SOURCE…
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe is outraged by Econet Wireless's raid on The Source. The raid in our view violates not only citizens' rights to access information but also infringes on media freedom as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabwe. Econet Wireless alleges that documents were...
Digital Media Experts Urge Journos To Revisit Ethics
DIGITAL media experts have said there is need for journalism to revisit the issue of ethics in light of the changes the media is going through in the new media ecosystem. лучший сонниккупить мобильный телефон Speaking during a Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ)-organised meeting on ethical...
VMCZ ENCOURAGES MASVINGO RESIDENTS TO USE THE MEDIA COMPLAINTS MECHANISM
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) has engaged residents of Masvingo on how to file complaints against published news articles they feel have been wrongly reported or not apt for consumption by the public. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Association (MURRA) helped in...
Revised Code of Conduct for Zimbabwean Media Practitioners
Code of Conduct for Zimbabwean Media Practitioners (hereinafter referred to as “this code”)This Code serves to provide a set of common reporting standards for media practitioners and media institutions in the print, broadcast, television and new media sector in Zimbabwe to ensure professional and...
