Thursday, June 23, 2005
CNN and IPP Mark 10 Years of Media Excellence
Source: IPP Media CNN and IPP will
this Saturday celebrate 10 years of African media excellence at celebrations that will also be used to present this year's CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.Record of 630 journalists from 40 countries on the continent entered in this year?s competition, which organisers say attests to the success of the competition.
The maiden event had attracted entries from only seven countries.
IPP Media has been a co-sponsor of the event for seven years now.
In a press statement, Edward Boateng, founder of the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards, said yesterday: Today, the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards are sought-after recognition of the best journalist in African journalism.
Numerous lives have been touched positively, something the organisers and sponsors of the event find very rewarding.
'At least, we can claim we have contributed our part to the development of African journalism and our emerging renaissance,' Boateng, who is also a senior advisor with CNN Africa and managing director for Global Media Alliance, said.
He said that the awards carry more than just prizes, 'For they signify the passion and desire of the African to
compete and do better, to tell the African story in an authoritative and world-class manner.' MORE
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