#27: World Press Freedom Day 2021 (Part 2) – What do journalists want and who speaks for them?
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The Namibia Media Professionals Union (Nampu) has a very specific mandate to improve the welfare of journalists and media professionals in Namibia. The union’s main priority is to organise and unite local journalists and media workers operating in print, broadcasting and online mediums, and to allow for better bargaining and improved working conditions. #FreeSpeak host Gwen Lister talks to Kelvin Chiringa, radio presenter and journalist at Eagle FM, and Sakeus Iikela, journalist at the Namibian newspaper and secretary general of Nampu, about the views of Namibian journalists, and the Windhoek Declaration, and their expectations of the upcoming World Press Freedom Day conference.
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