Andrew Moger and Nicole Courtney-Leaver of the News Media Coalition will be in the country for a limited time. An information session has been arranged and will be hosted by Print Media SA on the 3rd April 2009.

The News Media Coalition (NMC) is an international organisation focused on the specific threat to editorial operations, publishing and independent journalism from excessive controls on the flow of news to the public imposed by events entities such as sports governing bodies through accreditation contracts.

You may have heard of the work of the News Media Coalition which strives to ensure that newspaper publishers can send journalists and photographers to cover major news events, particularly sports tournaments, without unnecessary restrictions on how their content can be published.

Although based in London and Brussels, the NMC has recently taken up concerns in many countries including South Africa. The arrangements for media attendance at Cricket South Africa events were improved after the NMC became involved with key role players within the South African media industry.

But there are more challenges ahead for newspapers and news agencies alike. Cricket South Africa's decision to expect the Indian Premier League terms to govern news media access for the IPL cricket tour as well as the terms for the FIFA World 2010 which are likely to challenge the expectations of editors, especially in the digital publishing area.

Representatives of the NMC will be in South Africa and would like meet with you at a briefing taking place on 03 April 2009 (details of the briefing are attached). News Media Coalition believe that these issues are fundamental to editorial freedom and the ability of news organisations to inform society through modern means of communication such as websites and mobile phone services.

Your attendance at the briefing session would be most welcome.

03 April 2009
Advertising Standards Authority, Johannesburg
Willowview, Burnside Island Office Park
410 Jan Smuts Avenue,
Craighall Park

Cost: R 375.00

For more information, please contact: Mamosa Thulo on 011 551 9600 or Email address mamosat@printmedia.org.za.



You can also download the registration form and fax it to:

Attention: Mamosa

Fax: 086 546 3975

A newspaper is no just a newspaper anymore. It is a multi-function canvas where different elements need to work together to create the final work of art. Advertising agencies, design house and other branding oriented establishment use it as a battle field for their customers. Typography becomes the art form to drive through the message while images scream far more than a thousand words. All of which is in packaged and printed, to be delivered to you at your nearest traffic light.

It is for this reasons that the four individuals have been locked away from the rest of the world to find the best of the best in our world of newspapers. The Print Media SA boardroom was converted into their prison and was filled with newspapers from all over the country.

Clive Nixon (in the middle and standing) graduate of the University of Cape Town who has worked for companies such as FCB and Lintas South Africa. Nixon has won awards including the Cannes. He is also the head of AAA School of Advertising. He is the convenor of judges and his main focus in the judging was the layout and typography.

Logan Naidu's (on the left and standing) focus was on the printing and layout. Logan has been in the printing industry for more than twenty three years. He has completed many study programmes such as print management, press training and mechanical maintenance with A.M. Graphics in Holland.

Linda Rademan (on the right and standing) is a graphic designer, art director and lecturer. She is also one of judges and he was focusing on Pictures and Graphics. She has over 30 years of experience as an Art director and is currently lecturing at AAA School of Advertising.

Marilyn Du Toit (sitting) is lecturing graphic design at the AAA School of Advertising. She is very active within the creative industry and is a member of THINK. She studied graphic design and has also worked as a studio manager for a photographic studio. Unlike the other three judges, this was Marilyn's first time judging the Frewin, McCall and Joel Marvis competitions. She was focusing on Advertising.

The Frewin, Joel Mervis and McCall awards, which have been in existence for a collective 119 years, recognise newspaper excellence in all areas and disciplines from advertising, printing and production, layout and typography, to the balance between the use of pictures and graphics.

The Frewin Award recognises urban daily newspapers with a circulation above 50 000 that excel in the criteria set by the industry. The Joel Mervis recognises urban weekly newspapers irrespective of their circulation. The McCall recognised urban daily newspaper with a circulation of 50 000 or less.

Power of Print Conference Features News International's Newsprinters Project

When Rupert Murdoch announced plans for the world's largest printing plant for newspapers, the move was seen as a vote of confidence for the future of print. One year after the 650-million-pound (US$917 million, €704 million) project began operations, it has become something more - an outsourcing success story and a symbol of print's viability in the digital age.

News International's Newsprinters operation will be the subject of a featured presentation at the World Association of Newspapers first Power of Print conference, be held in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 and 28 May next.

The presentation, by Ian MacDonald, News International's Managing Director Operations and a guiding force behind the project, will examine how such mammoth operations - larger than 20 football fields -- are a growing printing option for newspaper companies looking to use outsource printing operations to consolidated printing facilities.

Full details of the conference, to be held concurrently with the annual World Newspaper Advertising Conference in the same venue, can be found at http://www.wan-press.org/powerofprint2009/home.php

Newsprinter's plant in Broxbourne, England, north of London, contains 12 state-of-the-art, full colour manroland Colorman XXL presses. The largely automated plant can produce 3.2 million newspapers each night. In addition to all of News International titles (including the Times, Sunday Times, The Sun, News of the World and thelondonpaper), the Broxbourne plant and two others print The Telegraph Media's Group's 900,000 copies daily, and 650,000 on Sunday.

Most of the UK national titles have purchased new presses in the past 3 to 5 years, investing both in print quality and in the future of their titles.
Some experts say that large centralized printing operations give newspaper companies a growing option to outsource their printing operations now and in the future.

The Power of Print conference is the first global conference for senior newspaper executives to explore new opportunities and successful strategies exclusively for the printed newspaper. Although digital innovation is a primary area of newspaper industry development, print and advertising continue to fund these new ventures, as well as being the profit centres for the vast majority of newspaper companies, even in these tough times.

The Power of Print conference, on 27 and 28 May, will be followed by the World Newspaper Advertising Conference, on the 28th and 29th May, at the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I in the heart of Barcelona. Full details of the Power of Print conference can be found at http://www.wan-press.org/powerofprint2009/home.php . Details of the Advertising conference can be found at http://www.wan-press.org/advertising2009/home.php
 
Other Power of Print presentations include:

- "The facts about newspapers, profitable print trends," a keynote speech by Gavin O'Reilly, Chief Operating Officer, Independent News & Media Plc & WAN President.

- "Investing in the Future of the Printed Newspaper," by Dr Seok Hyun Hong, Chairman, of Korea's JoongAng Ilbo.

- "Newspaper publishing: Creating a sustainable future," a major new research project presented by Marieke van der Donk, Senior Manager, Entertainment & Media for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

- Case studies of projects that can add millions of dollars to the bottom line, by Steve Reed, Director of Circulation Operations/Single Copy for the Arizona Republic, who will examine SoftBook technology, and Jerry Brown, Director in the Advisory Services Practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, who will provide the latest distribution trends and strategies.

- "The art of balancing between print and digital," by Mikael Pentikäinen, President of Sanoma News in Finland.

- "The Individual Newspaper. Micro-targeted products with high yields," by Peter Vandevanter, Vice President for Targeted Products for MediaNews Group in the United States.

- "A process for successful product development," by Kylie Davis, Managing Editor for  Editorial Business Development & Strategic Publishing at the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald in Australia.

- "Product Launches in Difficult Financial Times," by Martim Avillez Figueiredo, Publisher and Editor-in-chief of the new  "I" daily in Portugal.

- "Boosting advertising through print publications: Lessons from the Gulf,"
by Abdul Hamid, Editor-in-Chief of Gulf News in the United Arab Emirates.

- "Newspapers that  are increasing circulation," by Fergus Sampson, CEO, Emerging Markets, Media24 in South Africa.

- "Success with hyper-targeted print publications," by Martha Stone, Director of the WAN Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project.

- "Printcasting: People-Powered Magazines," by Dan Pacheco, Founder of Printcasting.com in the United States.

- "10 Important Lessons from three age-specific youth-targeted newspapers in France," by François Dufour, Editor and Founder of Play Bac Presse in France.

Full details: http://www.wan-press.org/powerofprint2009/home.php

The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, defends and promotes press freedom and the professional and business interests of newspapers world-wide. Representing 18,000 newspapers, its membership includes 77 national newspaper associations, newspaper companies and individual newspaper executives in 102 countries, 12 news agencies and
11 regional and world-wide press groups.

Inquiries to: Larry Kilman, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, WAN, 7 rue Geoffroy St Hilaire, 75005 Paris France.
Tel: +33 1 47 42 85 00.
Fax: +33 1 47 42 49 48.
E-mail: lkilman@wan.asso.fr

Due to popular demand, the deadline for entries in the 8^th annual Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards has been extended to Friday March 6, 2009. All journalists and photographers in the press may enter, irrespective of whether they serve a national or community-based newspaper. Entries must consist of material originated and published in a South African daily or weekly newspaper during the period of January 1, 2008, and January 1, 2009.

The Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards is also on Facebook.

Nominations are also welcome for the Alan Kirkland Soga Achievement Award, a prize that honours a person's sustained and exceptional contribution to South African newspaper journalism.

A Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Premier Award of R15,000 cash, an iconic Mondi Shanduka nib trophy and a certificate.

Should you have any queries or would like to obtain a print copy of the entry kit, please do not hesitate to contact Malesedi Dlamini at the Newspaper Association of South Africa on Tel: (011) 484-3624 or e-mail: malesedid@printmedia.org.za.