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Ms Louise Vale

Louise Vale has her grounding in the education and training sector. She managed to blend both her experience in education and training while managing various NGO's in the education and training field for over 30 years.

She then spent 7 years in the media space, holding the position of General Manager (GM) in South Africa's oldest independent newspapers, Grocott's Mail.

She has knowledge, experience and a deep respect of both the print and digital media space, and is privileged to experience the transition in her time; of the single to multi-media transformation. She has a lifetime of community development work experience She has now been appointed as the Executive Director of the Association of Independent Publishers, a national organization aimed at media diversity and the sustainability of independent community newspapers.

She describes herself as an ex-English teacher who values education, transformation, and emancipation.




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Launch of the “Trends of ownership and control of media in South Africa” research report In the financial year 2008/9, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) an Agency established by the MDDA Act No. 14 of 2002 in partnership with the major print and broadcast media industry to create, support, promote and encourage an enabling environment for media development and diversity that is conducive to public discourse and which reflects the needs and aspirations of all South Africans, commissioned Z-Coms to conduct research on the trends in ownership and control of media in South Africa. 3 Aug 2009 Read more >> Word Document Home