Business Weekly
A specialized nationwide business and economics newspaper and claims to be, Zimbabwe’s premier financial newspaper for the country’s top decision-makers. It offers coverage of business and economic news, as well as current affairs. The publication delivers news and analysis to the country’s business and economic elite. It targets educated people.

It is Zimbabwe’s first live Online Business newspaper which has a digest digest of business and economic news on the continent with a African perspective.
Telephone: +263 4 780 578
Facsimile: +263 4 753 124
Email: ventures@ecoweb.co.zw
www.bw.co.zw

Change Zimbabwe
This is a UK based general news website, with a general bias towards the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai
www.changezimbabwe.com

Financial Gazette
This a is a privately owned weekly business and political newspaper, published every Thursday. According to the Financial Gazette, it has a readership of about 400 000. It also has an online edition.
www.fingaz.co.zw

Herald
The Herald is the only national daily paper. It is under the Zimpapers Group, where the government has majority shareholdings. Other newspapers in the Group are Bulawayo based daily the Chronicle. Sunday papers are the Sunday Mail and the Sunday News. Also part of the group is vernacular papers Umthunya and Kwayedza
www.herald.co.zw

Nehanda Radio
This is an online, 24 hour radio station based in the United Kingdom. It also features breaking news stories.
www.nehandaradio.com

New ZIANA
State-owned news agency.
www.newziana.co.zw

New Zimbabwe
This is a UK based news website. Established in 2003, it reports on sports, entertainment and general news, with a leaning toward tabloid journalism.It also started a print version in 2007, which is being distributed n the United Kingdom, focusing on southern Africa and Zimbabwe in particular.
www.newzimbabwe.com

Zimbabwe Independent
The Independent is a weekly business and political business newspaper that publishes every Friday. It has a sister newspaper called the Standard, which publishes every Sunday. All papers in the stable have an online edition.
www.theindependent.co.zw

Zim Online
This is a South African based news website run by Zimbabweans. It focuses mainly on breaking news and sports news.
www.zimonline.co.za

The Zimbabwean
This is the only independent newspaper for Zimbabweans at home and abroad, that is available in hard copy, before New Zimbabwe.com launched a newspaper in 2007.
It also launched a Sunday paper in 2008
It is available physically as a newspaper and on the website.
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk

ZimbabweJournalists.Com
This is a general news website, run by Zimbabwean journalists, most of whom are based in the United Kingdom.
www.zimbabwejournalists.com

Zimbabwe Situation
This a websites that compiles news pieces on Zimbabwe on a daily basis from different local an international media organisations.It also publishes articles, opinion pieces by pro-democracy groups
www.zimbabwesituation.com

ZimbabweTimes
The most recent addition in the country’s growing news websites. Based in the United States, it is run by former Daily News, Editor in Chief, Geoff Nyarota.It focuses on general news stories, business, features and sports.
www.zimbabwetimes.com

ZW News
This a website that compiles, the main news headlines on Zimbabwe from various local and international media organisations.
www.zwnews.com

Broadcast Media

ZimbabweTV

Widely referred to ZTV, it is the country’s only broadcaster and owned by the government. It has then typically been churning out the ruling party propaganda, a practice also common in its radio stations (profiled below).

ZBC Radio Stations

Spot FM
Formerly known as Radio One. It currently features music, current affairs of a social nature, after a very brief period as a Sports Radio station. Broadcasts 24 hours.

Radio Zimbabwe
Formerly known as Radio 2. It’s a 24 hour radio station is entertainment orientated, with a heavy emphasis on playing local Zimbabwean music such as sungura and museve. It has hourly news broadcasts and some news and current affairs programs.

Power FM
Formerly known as Radio 3. Although it was forced into paying local music mostly for the young such as urban group, there has been a re-emergence of American music which dominated the station prior to 2003. It’s mainly entertainment but has hourly news bulletins.

National FM
Formerly known as Radio 4, this station is unique in that it broadcasts in minority languages such as Tonga, Venda, Sotho, Kalanga etc. It focuses mainly in educational programs.
www.newsnet.co.zw

SW Radio Africa
Run by Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom, this radio station beams to Zimbabwe seven days a week. It coverage covers a broad spectrum of issues.
www.swradioafrica.com

Studio 7, Voice of America
Broadcasting is done mostly by Zimbabweans living in Washington DC, this radio station beams to Zimbabwe seven days a week. It news is general.
www.studio7news.com

Voice Of The People
This radio station was established in the run-up to the 2 000 general elections. It broadcasts three times a day and currently runs a websites. It broacasts on shortwave everyday including weekends & public holidays—-0600hr—0700hr and 1900hr—2000hr
www.vopradio.co.zw

Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS)

ZACRO is a non-profit organisation that seeks to lobby and advocate to empower communities in Zimbabwe through building and sustaining strong, vibrant, autonomous and community driven radio stations.

Some of its objectives are to advocate for the liberalisation of the airwaves, the enactment of media friendly laws, the creation of legitimate and a properly constituted Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) and creating a platform for continued growth, synergies and learning.

TEL: +263 9 77986/77988

Fax: +263 9 77987

Cell Numbers: +263 712 636 682 / 912 982 134

E-mails: henry@zacras.co.zw,  henrymasuku@gmail.com, vivienne@zacras.co.zw viviennemarara@gmail.com

Website Address: http://www.zacras.co.zw

All Africa.com
This is the largest distributor of African news and information worldwide. It headquarters are in Washington DC , where it produces and distributes news to tens of millions of end users. It posts 1 000 stories daily in English and French.
www.allafrica.com

Sowetan
This is one of South Africa’s largest daily newspapers, whose main target audience was Soweto’s black middle class. As of 2002 it had 200 000 paid copies read by an average of nine people.
www.sowetan.co.za

The Sunday Times
The newspaper was founded in 1906 and has a weekly readership of 3,2 million, making it the largest weekly newspaper in South Africa. It has a daily online version
www.sundaytimes.co.za

International Media

Al-Jazeera
Controversial because of its flighting of terrorist tapes, Al-Jazeera is a Middle East perspective of news. It launched its first global English language news channel in November 2006 Broadcasts worldwide. It set up a bureau in Zimbabwe in 2006, despite the current ban on foriegn news organisations.
http://english.aljazeera.net

BBC
The BBC is the largest broadcast news operation in the world, with more than 2 000 journalists and 48 bureaus, 41 of which are overseas. It has entertainment, news and international TV channels and dozens of magazines. BBC covers Zimbabwean issues extensively.
www.bbc.com

CNN
Calls itself the most trusted name in news, with 39 bureaus worldwide. It is considered one of the world’s leaders in information. Headquartered in Atlanta, USA, it has a global team of about 4 000 news professionals
www.cnn.com

French 24
Gives a French perspective to global news and is to rival America’s CNN. As of December 2006, when it was launched, it is expected to broadcast to 90 countries in Europe Africa and the Middle East.
www.france24.com

Inter Press Service
IPS’s mission is to give a “giving a voice to the voiceless” providing news and content: producing stories and analyses, which explain how events and global processes affect individuals and communities, especially the marginalised and voiceless,empowering journalists, media organisations and civil society to be better able to communicate effectively.
www.ips.org

IRIN
IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks) is part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairsovide news and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia for the humanitarian community..

The core news and analysis service is distributed free of charge to subscribers by e-mail, and via the website www.IRINnews.org. This is now complemented by a range of other multimedia services:

PlusNews, a specialist news and analysis service on HIV/AIDS which produces material in English, French and Portuguese.
IRIN Radio, which is helping to develop the programming of radio stations in Africa and Afghanistan.

IRIN Film & TV, which produces short documentary films on humanitarian issues and news footage for media.

IRIN Photo provides a public gallery of photographs relevant to humanitarian crises. Print-quality photos can be downloaded free of charge.
www.irin.org

New York Times
It is rated as one of the top 3 American newspapers and has a daily readership of about five million. It was first published in 1851 and is owned by The New York Times Company.Sometimes publishes stories on Zimbabwe
www.nytimes.com

Reuters
www.reuters.com

Washington Post
The Washington PosIt is one of the oldest newspapers in America, having been founded in 1877. It covers general news. It goes down in media history as having exposed President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal.
www.washingtonpost.com

DISCLAIMER: While every effort  has been made to make sure that the above information is correct, Media In Zimbabwe will not be responsible for any possible errors  or changes. This  list  is not exhaustive and those organisations who want to be included can email us at mediainzimbabwe@gmail.com. Additions and corrections can be e-mailed to the same address.Please note that this information was true as of March 2008.