Attention all AIP publishers. We are going to be launching our “Local Media Emergency” Campaign on Friday 3 May – World Press Freedom Day. AIP has created a small team of people working on the campaign.
Please contact them if you need more information or help.
Valent Shoatja – (078) 683 – 3497 – support@aip.org.za
Chris Mcinga – (076) 525 -8306 – chris@med8.co.za
Ronnelle Louwrens – (072) 127 0330 – ronelle@healthformzansi.co.za
Anton van Zyl – (084) 616 – 4997 – anton@zoutnet.co.za
Kate Skinner – (082) 926 – 6404 – kate@aip.org.za
We need to roll up our sleeves and get ready for the launch! Here are some things we need you to do:
1. Please endorse our campaign by signing the petition on the campaign page of the AIP’s website. Please find the link here: https://aip.org.za/ourvoiceyourpower/
2. Please write an editorial, article or articles for your publication focusing on the media emergency.
a. You can use the AIP Press Statement to give you background information. https://aip.org.za/2024/04/16/the-association-of-independent-publishers-aip-strongly-supports-daily-mavericks-call-to-action-around-journalism-emergency/
b. Here are some other articles that talk about the crisis of disappearing local publications from around the world.
i. AIP backs DM’s fight to save news media – https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-17-association-of-independent-publishers-strongly-supports-dms-calls-to-highlight-the-plight-of-news-media/
ii. Things we must say at the 11th hour – https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-16-words-of-warning-and-sobering-reality-that-must-hit-home-at-this-eleventh-hour/?dm_source=top_reads_block&dm_medium=top_reads_link&dm_campaign=south_africa
iii. Greening Africa’s news desserts: The search for sustainable local media in sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.kas.de/en/web/medien-afrika/einzeltitel/detail/-/content/greening-africas-news-deserts
iv. Eight more Minnesota community newspapers soon will vanish. https://www.startribune.com/eight-more-minnesota-community-newspapers-soon-will-vanish/600357590/
v. Precedent setting $30 million legislation to help save local news – https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/precedent-setting-30-million-legislation-to-help-save-local-news-including-papers-like-the-daily-catch-wins-state-budget-approval/
3. Please place adverts, posters and messages on your websites and on your social media pages. Please access the print and online adverts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XIh6qGfoqdw1ZN8dbM6NJtQU9fchlGHq?usp=share_link 4. Please send copies of the front pages of your publications to Valent and/ or please send a photograph of you (or you and your team) holding / reading / enjoying your publication either via email or WhatsApp. We will be creating graphics, artwork, posters etc. using our front pages. Please send to support@aip.org.za WARMEST THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT Background to World Press Freedom Day – The United Nations General Assembly declared 3 May to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness about importance of freedom of the press, to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day also marks the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration – a statement of free press principles put together by African journalists in Windhoek in 1991.
click the link to read:https://aip.org.za/ourvoiceyourpower/
