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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
, 4pm-6pm
Geoffrey Nyarota: “
From Bread Basket to Basketcase:
”
Building: White Hall
Room: 205
Co-Sponsors: Institute of African Studies, The Hightower Lecture Fund
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Geoffrey NyarotaBorn in Zimbabwe in 1951, Geoffrey Nyarota is an award-winning investigative journalist, newspaper editor, and media entrepreneur. He is Managing Editor of The Zimbabwe Times (thezimbabwetimes.com) a leading Zimbabwean online publication.
He launched website in October 2006 and publishes it from Massachusetts, where he lives. In the short period of time years since it has been online, it has become an authoritative and influential news source. In 1999, he launched The Daily News, a newspaper that became Zimbabwes most popular and only independent daily newspaper. He fled from the country after the Daily News was infiltrated by government and after he survived an assassination attempt and his printing press was destroyed in a bomb attack. The paper was subsequently banned by government.
Has has won nine international media awards for his work as a journalist and for his contribution to the development of the independent press in Zimbabwe. The awards include UNESCOs Guillermo Cano Press Freedom award and the Golden Pen of Freedom presented by the World Association of Newspapers. The Daily News received an international award for excellence in its fourth year in the market.
