Africa Security and Journalism focus of CAJ Conference 2021
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid CAIRO: The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) with membership spanning all the five regions of Africa and recognizing the diaspora as its sixth region will hold its first conference in October 2021. In a statement, CAJ said that its resolve for the 2021 conference is to bridge the gap between the information […]
Congress of African Journalists Conference to focus on role of journalists in finding lasting solutions
ABUJA: A three-day conference with the theme “Africa and Security Challenges; the role of journalists in finding lasting solutions” will serve as an interface between stakeholders to map a path of progress for Africa and its future, organizers have said. The Congress of African Journalists Conference (CAJC2021), to be held in Lagos State Nigeria on […]
Difficult year for Nepali journalists
By Kuber Chalise Editor of Karobar National Economic Daily KATHMANDU: It is between the devil and the sky for Nepali journalist. First they lost their jobs because of Covid-19, and then the government came heavy on them as the politics polarized in Nepal. As the Covid-19 started spreading, Nepal government imposed lockdown on March 24, […]
Journalism’s dilemma in the Digital Age
By Eddy Suprapto Contributor AsiaN JAKARTA: The world is moving rapidly leaving time and technology included in the world of media. Since the discovery of printing press in 1450 by Johanner Genfleish zur Laden zum Gutenberg, the printing world has been coloring the media. The Gutenberg press has become a mainstay of media worldwide. Technology […]
Journalists from 53 countries to discuss future of journalism amid viral fake news
By Habib Toumi SEOUL: The rapid spread of fake news amid a deluge of misinformation, disinformation and mal-information during the COVID-19 pandemic will be addressed by international journalists at a three-day conference next week in the Korean capital Seoul. The World Journalists Conference 2020, an annual media event organized by the Journalists Association of Korea […]
UNA workshop focuses on vetting news during crises, COVID-19 rumors
JEDDAH: Journalists from 11 Asian countries were among the more than 170 media professionals from 33 countries who took part in a virtual workshop held by the Union of Organization of Islamic Cooperation News Agencies (UNA) on “Methods for vetting news during crises and spread of rumors (COVID-19)”. In the workshop, Dr Sadok Hammami, Associate […]
Malaysia: Opening new doors for journalism graduates
By Ali Imran Mohd Noordin Bernama Kuala Lumpur: Every cloud has a silver lining, so goes a popular saying. Despite the crippling challenges faced by mainstream newspapers today, things may not be all that bleak for media practitioners, according to experts. They believe that mass communication graduates now have more options to chart out their […]
Pakistani TV anchorman gunned down in Karachi
Pakistanis have been paying rich tribute to a television journalist who was gunned down in in the port city of Karachi on Tuesday night. Mureed Abbas was an anchorman working for Bol News, a private television channel, was reportedly shot by his business partner Atif Zaman who later tried, according to the police, to commit […]
Celebrating an extraordinary dedication to high journalism standards
There are events in the professional life of a journalist when there is no room for neutrality and no place for silence because it will then be the choice of those who have absolutely no choice. Only those who are physically, mentally or emotionally dead have no opinion, no voice, and no choice. No self-respecting […]
The root of the MagazineN is Asia Journalist Association (AJA)
Monthly MagazineN marks the sixth anniversary in July number. Members of AJA(Asia Journalist Association) contribute articles to MagazineN. The motto of the magazine is ‘Inspiring Asia, Empowering People, Leading Change’. The first number was published in July 2013 and the 69 number was published including the special number and two bound volumes so far. The […]
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