SECTOR 4

4.10 Journalists and other media practitioners are organised in trade unions and/or professional associations, which effectively represent their interests.
There are numerous media organisations with journalists as members, but there
is only one trade union, the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists. ZUJ used to be a
strong organisation with considerable clout but their effectiveness in the past
few years has been weakened by in-fighting and allegations of manipulation
of elections.
Mirroring the political polarisation in the media there are two organisations for
editors – the Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (ZINEF) for those in the private
media and the Zimbabwe Association of Editors for those in the state sector.
Other media associations include MISA and the Federation of Media Women
in Zimbabwe.

Scores:
Individual scores:

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1

Country does not meet indicator

2

Country meets only a few aspects of indicator

3

Country meets some aspects of indicator

4

Country meets most aspects of indicator

5

Country meets all aspects of the indicator

Average score:

2.5 (2010:4.5; 2008:2.1; 2006:2.1)

Average score for sector 4:

2.5 (2010:2.6)*

Overall Country Score:

2.4 (2010:1.9)

The indicators were reviewed, changed and shifted in 2008/2009. Therefore the scores of some indicators and sector
scores are not comparable to scores of previous AMBs.

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