Nigerian Times

22 Jul 2011 08:57 Africa/Lagos IFJ and FAJ Hold Conference on the Welfare of African Journalists in Nigeria ABUJA, July 22, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its African regional group, the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) foundation held a two day conference on the Welfare of African journalists in the Nigerian capital, Abuja from 20- 21 July 2011. The Conference, under the theme: “The Fruit of our Labour: A New Agenda for Improving Conditions of Journalists in Africa”, was attended by the IFJ President Jim Boumelha and IFJ Secretary General Elisabeth Costa who joined about 30 journalists leaders across the continent. It highlighted the poor working conditions of African journalists which were described as “appalling and precarious.” Speaking at the opening ceremony, FAJ President Omar Faruk Osman said that the majority of working journalists in Africa have lit...

28 Jul 2008 04:12 Africa/Lagos Session With Obama Closes UNITY '08 Conference CHICAGO, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Barack Obama told an audience of more than 2,500 journalists of color that actions speak louder than words when it comes to addressing past mistreatment of communities of color in the United States. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080723/UNITYLOGO ) Obama was the closing speaker at UNITY '08, the five-day, quadrennial conference that brought together more than 7,000 members from the four largest ethnic journalism associations in the United States. "We were pleased to have Sen. Obama speak to our members," said UNITY President Karen Lincoln Michel. "It is important that the issues of diversity and fair and accurate coverage of communities of color be part of the discussion in choosing the next president of the United States." During the UNITY Presidential Candidate Forum that was sponsored by CNN and TIME Magazine,...