Sanef Council Media Statement 9 November 2014
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) held its last Council for 2014 in Durban on Saturday. Council is the highest decision making structure between annual general meetings. The succesful meeting debated a number of issues with regard to the state of the changing media landscape in our country and beyond.
STATE OF THE MEDIA
Council has noted with concern the seismic challenges taking place in the media industry which has seen an unprecedented loss of journalism jobs. Sanef is concerned about the possible long term impact this might have on the quality of journalism and compromise the role of the media to provide credible and reliable information to the public as envisaged in the Constitution.
MEETING WITH PRESIDENCY AND CABINET MEMBERS
Council finalised preparations for the scheduled annual meeting between SANEF and cabinet led by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. The meeting takes place on Saturday November 15. SANEF remains committed to constructive engagement with government and will use the meeting to share perspectives about the changes taking place in the media environment and what role government can play in ensuring the continued flow of information to the public.