Minister promises smooth information flow

30 January, 2009 in Botswana

source: BOPA
29 January, 2009

GABORONE – The Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Mrs Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi has assured the state media and public relations (PR) practitioners of free information flow .

Mrs Venson-Moitoi assured her audience that measures would be put in place to allow for easy communication between the PR practitioners and the journalists.

She also appealed to all ministries “to give us contacts” so that they could be reached when “we need information in my ministry.” The Minister advised the government public relations officers to stop buying time by asking the journalists to submit questionnaires.

Mrs Venson-Moitoi also urged the government public relations practitioners that they should be very conversant with the work of their ministries and departments in order to disseminate relevant information.

She also warned media practitioners that an era in which they were spoon-fed with information and speeches had elapsed. “Journalists will have to listen very carefully when [continue reading]

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