News of The South celebrates first anniversary News of the South, Africa’s leading reliable, efficient and privately owned online publication, today turned one year after hitting the media fraternity in September 2013 to signal a new horizon on Southern Africa`s media landscape.
In an interview recently, Chief Editor Miss Eugene Majuru said the road had not been all rosy owing to excessive hard work from diligent and dedicated media personnel. “Had it not been dedicated and diligent staff, NOTS wouldn’t have reached this far. We hope to continue going forward as things are beginning to take shape.
“With a staff of 43 media experts , NOTS was launched but only a few have remained and kept the media house running whilst others left for greener pastures and I strongly want to salute them for standing with the organisation even in trying times like these”, she added.
However, in the face of all these challenges, Miss Majuru said NOTS is growing from strength to strength with an increasing number of audiences subscribing and predicted that in a few years, it is turning to be the online publication of choice locally, regionally and internationally.
She also hailed media institutions particularly Christian College of Southern Africa (CCOSA) for breeding young men and women of excellent media expertise. In an interview with some of our audiences, mixed reactions were given but the majority hailed News of the South for truly standing by their values, goals and objectives which are to provide audience with fresh unbiased news.
“Deep from my sleep if you want me to refer you to a reliable publication, I will refer you to News of the South because unlike other publications, they are not biased but report thing as they happen”, testified Walter Rambwi.
News of the South has also partnered with other publications from other countries like Zambia (Zambian Eye) thus giving reporters from both publications exposure and promoting cultural and skills exchange.
NOTS Africa Regional Manager Takudzwa Mashumba based in Harare is happy with progress made by the team and confirmed there would be greater opportunities in 2015.
Of late we have more reporters from various countries across the globe like Ghana, Nigeria and Australia joining NOTS team and thus adding value to the services we provide as a media house. In his closing remarks to the team, the group chief editor said more focus will be put on strengthening the News of the South brand.
At the moment there are several students on placement and others are being mentored on various specialities by the NOTS media team.
Students and graduates wishing to go on placement or gain experience are welcome to join the team and contact editor@newsofthesouth.com or newsdesk@newsofthesouth.com
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