Ferial Haffajee
Ferial Haffajee is the editor of the City Press newspaper and previously the editor of the Mail & Guardian newspaper. She was the first Coloured woman editor of a major newspaper in South Africa.
Haffajee is a Board Member at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).[1]
[edit] Early career
Ferial was appointed to the board of the International Press Institute on 7 October 2011.
Haffajee was a cub reporter at the Mail & Guardian and has acted as its associate editor, media editor and economics writer at various times. Before taking up the editorship she held jobs at state broadcaster the SABC, as a radio producer and television reporter,[2] and at the Financial Mail magazine, where she was a senior editor responsible for political coverage and the managing editor.[3]
[edit] Mail & Guardian editorship
Haffajee was appointed editor of the Mail & Guardian in February 2004,[4] two years after control of the paper was acquired by Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube.[5]
In 2005 the paper became one of the few publications, after the regime change of 1994, interdicted from publishing specific stories.[6] In 2006 the paper was again interdicted, and Haffajee threatened, after republishing controversial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad.[7]
In March 2009 the Mail & Guardian announced Haffajee's resignation, saying she would take up the position as editor of City Press in July.[8] Previous speculation had identified her as a potential appointee as head of news at the SABC.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ IWMF website http://www.iwmf.org/staff.aspx
- ^ "The Africa Radio Awards". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1318_africa_radio_aw/page12.shtml. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Biography of Ferial Haffajee". The Globalist. http://www.theglobalist.com/dbweb/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=876. Retrieved 5 July 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "New editor for the Mail and Guardian". Independent Online. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=139&art_id=qw1074165121483B253&set_id=1. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Barrell to leave M&G". News24. http://www.news24.com/News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1251903,00.html. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Fact or fiction, this paper has been pulped". http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050527062404848C272388. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "SA editor threatened over cartoon". BBC. 6 February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4685040.stm. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
- ^ "Haffajee ready for new challenges". Independent Online. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3015&art_id=nw20090330163935797C293134. Retrieved 03-04-2009.
- ^ "Mail & Guardian editor Haffajee lands City Press job". BusinessDay. http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A971118. Retrieved 03-04-2009.[dead link]
