Even though newspapers are closing in some parts of the world, new ones are opening in others. Both Zimbabwe and Taiwan are expecting new papers to open in 2009 hoping to promote freedom of speech, spread the news as it is and also generate new jobs.
Zimbabwe plans to "shortly" start an independent daily called NewsDay, the first independent Zimbabwean paper in six years. Trevor Ncube, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Independent and the Standard newspapers said NewsDay's goal is to deliver accurate, non-partisan news to the people and the government so that informed decisions can be made."Strong and competitive nations are those that create a market place for ideas where ultimately the best ideas win. Right now such a market place does not exist and Zimbabwe is poorer for it", Ncube said. It was also stated that the NewsDay and other related projects will generate an estimated 300 jobs.
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Source: ZimbabweJournalists, AsiaMedia
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