VICE-President Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi will today join members of the press to mark the World Media Freedom Day scheduled to take place at the ‘Zanzibar journalism and mass Communication College (ZJMC)’ multi-purpose hall.
The event organising committee
Chairperson, Ms Shifaa Said Hassan, revealed here yesterday that the
journalists aim at attracting many stakeholders. The event will be
graced by Mr Iddi.
“We will be happy to have the
vice-president. We wish to share the successes and challenges we
registered in the past year,” Ms Hassan said. World Media Freedom day is
being marked across the globe, but the event here has been organised
jointly by the ‘Media Council of Tanzania (MCT-Zanzibar), Tanzania Media
Women Association (TAMWA-Zanzibar), ‘Zanzibar Press Club (ZPC)’ and
ZJMC.
She said that they have jointly
organised the media gathering to have a wider discussion about “our
profession in the islands include the challenges and the way forward.
” Theme for this year is “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies.
” Every year on May 3, journalists
across the world celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom;
to evaluate press freedom in individual countries and around the world,
to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay
tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the course of work.
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