Nigeria Punch Newspaper
The United States Diplomatic Mission To Nigeria: Information Section - Crossroads - U.S. Political Climate Inspires Nigeria Journalists
Some of the internships produced particularly memorable experiences, the journalists said. Sanya Onayoade, chief correspondent for the Saturday Punch newspaper in Lagos, had an opportunity to interview the governor of Washington during his stint with the Seattle Times. ... Victoria Ibanga, the woman’s editor for Champion Newspapers Limited and coordinator of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists in Lagos, had a revelation while sitting in on hearings of domestic violence cases while shadowing the court reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In Nigeria, she noted, domestic violence is not a crime. While reporting these cases and interviewing several judges in the family courts, Ibanga decided to write a book comparing the status of women in the U.S. and Nigerian media. The newspaper staff helped her arrange interviews with women journalists and others who worked in the media 20 and even 50 years ago. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The government-owned and managed daily newspaper, Sidwaya (“Here is the Truth”), is the newspaper of record and has a daily circulation of 6,000. It is also available on the Internet at www.sidwaya.bf. Independent local newspapers include l’Observateur-Paalga (“the New Observer”), Le Pays, Le Journal du Soir, as well as two weekly newspapers, L’Indépendant , and Le Journal du Jeudi , a satirical weekly. International papers, including the International Herald Tribune, Le Monde, and Figaro are available at select bookstores in town.The Burkinabe Movement for Human Rights publishes a quarterly journal on human rights, and a number of political organizations publish newsletters dealing with a wide range of issues. A selection of foreign magazines is also available locally, including Time, Newsweek, ... [Read More]
Documents 147 through 159
U.S. would admit two more Soviet correspondents to Washington or New York and would open Los Angeles and Chicago for the establishment of one bureau each representing Tass or some other bona-fide Soviet news operation. In return the Soviet Union would accredit two more correspondents to Moscow (Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune) and would open Leningrad and Kiev to one bureau each for some American news organization or newspaper. ... In Fiscal 1963 a series of 13 half-hour Spanish-language programs, entitled "The Experts Answer", was inaugurated for Latin America. In this series, Latin American newspaper correspondents question an American expert in the fields of government, labor, industry, science and the performing arts. This series has been sent to 19 Latin American countries for placement. ... [Read More]
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