Chris Martin from The News Monitor says that “While our subscribers currently have access to a comprehensive archives going back four years, with articles categorised by company, industry and sector, we wanted to provide them with the added option of a unique insight into where they are in the media space, as well as their potential roadmap for the future.”

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Tuesday, 5 August  2009 – Johannesburg, South Africa - If you ever get a slight whiff of the fact that trouble may be looming, proper preparation means being able to lead the information flow right from the start.

It could be argued that the municipal workers’ wage strike and sweeping countrywide protests over the lack of basic provisions – clean water, sanitation and electricity – could have been anticipated by government, and that an appropriate communication strategy should have been in place.

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Thursday, 30 July 2009 – Johannesburg, South Africa - Chillingly similar to the early stages of last year’s beginning stages of xenophobic violence, about 100 foreigners living in Mpumalanga were attacked about week ago under the guise of protests against service delivery.

As residents began demanding that local officials address their complaints about access to water and electricity, as well as to job opportunities, their ire was soon turned to the foreign business owners in the Siyathemba township in Balfour.

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Monday, 27 July 2009 – Johannesburg, South Africa - A crisis is exactly the time organisations need to be seen to be communicating clear and succinct messages – not ducking and diving from the reality of the situation as so many of them often do.

Let’s take the AH1N1 influenza – or swine flu – as it’s commonly known in the media. In the weeks since the first case was reported in June 2009, the Department of Health has been accused by members of the public of not communicating transparently.

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Monday, 13 July 2009 – Johannesburg, South Africa - A war of words carried out in the media may drive up the number of newspapers sold, but clear messaging from a united front is far more important in building morale for an organisation’s members, its customers, staff and stakeholders.

Last week’s battle between the ANC Youth League, Cosatu and ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, on the nationalisation of mines, is an uncomfortably clear example of what not to do.

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Thursday, 2 July 2009 – Johannesburg ,South Africa Janine Lazarus will be discussing Springbok Coach Peter de Villiers’ outrageous outburst and the ripple effect a message like this has in the media this Sunday, 05 July 2009 on Media@SAfm with Ashraf Garda.

De Villiers’ angry outburst earlier this week after the Springbok/Lions game at Loftus last Saturday, left rugby fans and the media alike outraged.

Don’t miss what should be a thought-provoking discussion on Media@SAfm (104 – 107) on Sunday, 05 July from 9:30am.

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Monday 2 March 09 – Johannesburg ,South Africa - The role of spokespeople was thrown into the spotlight on SAfm recently when a panel of communications professionals engaged in a robust debate around the manipulation of messages.

Sunday morning media@safm talk show host Ashraf Garda hosted Wits University Journalism Professor Anton Harber, SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago, Government Communications Department spokesperson Joe Magafole, and seasoned journalist, Janine Lazarus who now works as a Media and Communications Consultant for government departments, para-statals and several blue-chip corporates.

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Thursday 2 October 08 – Johannesburg South Africa – Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy is hosting a highly experiential workshop:
The Government and The Media: Communicating South Africa’s Message, to assist government and parastatal communicators to improve their relations with the media.

Damaging news reports dominating the nation’s headlines of late simply emphasize the critical importance of targeted media and communications training, aimed not only at damage control, but also at communicating intended messages. In a democracy where a government is ‘for the people and by the people’, it is imperative to attain the techniques necessary to communicate intended messages.

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Tuesday, 5 August  2009 – Johannesburg, South Africa - If you ever get a slight whiff of the fact that trouble may be looming, proper preparation means being able to lead the information flow right from the start.

It could be argued that the municipal workers’ wage strike and sweeping countrywide protests over the lack of basic provisions – clean water, sanitation and electricity – could have been anticipated by government, and that an appropriate communication strategy should have been in place.

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