South African National Editors' Forum Explained

South African National Editors' Forum
Mission:Promoting quality, ethics and diversity in the South African media.
Focus:media freedom
policy submissions
media research
education and training programmes
Chairman:Sbu Ngalwa (2021)
Num Members:190 (2006)[1]
Address:7 Quince Street
Location:Milpark
City:Johannesburg
State:Gauteng Province
Country:South Africa

The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a South African-based non-profit membership organisation for editors, senior journalists and journalism trainers.[2] [3] The SANEF supports South African journalism through a number of activities ranging from public statements supporting media freedom, running training programs for journalists, writing policy submissions to government, to sponsoring and conducting research into the state of the media in South Africa. The SANEF runs the annual Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity that recognises media practitioners that have improved South African journalism.[4]

The SANEF was founded following the merger of the predominantly black South African Black Editors’ Forum and the predominantly white South African Conference of Editors in 1996, two years after South Africa's first post apartheid elections.

Activist Moses ka Moyo was a SANEF Council member.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barratt. Elizabeth. Berger. Guy. Irwin. Shahn. 2006. Part of the story: 10 years of the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF). 6 January 2021. South African Academic Libraries System.
  2. Web site: South African National Editors Forum Archives. 2021-01-06. Ethical Journalism Network. en-GB.
  3. Web site: SANEF website homepage. 2021-01-06. SANEF Protecting Media Freedom. en-US.
  4. Web site: Nat Nakasa » SANEF Protecting Media Freedom. 2021-01-06. SANEF Protecting Media Freedom. en-US.
  5. Web site: Phakgadi . Pelane . Sanef pays tribute to journalist Moses Moyo . 2022-08-29 . ewn.co.za . en.