Commonwealth Journalists Association
Australian Branch

Journalists Organisations in Commonwealth Countries

Antigua and Barbuda
                Antigua and Barbuda Media Congress (ABMC)
                      President: Colin James
Australia
                Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) - national journalists union
                Australian Indigenous Communications Association (AICA)
                Foreign Correspondents Club
                Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA Australia)
                National Press Club (Canberra)
                Walkley Awards
                Olympic and Commonwealth Games Writers of Australia
                    Contact: Nicole Jeffery 
               Melbourne Press Club
               Rural Press Club of Queensland
Bahamas
               no known journalists organisation August 2005
Bangladesh 
              Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ)
                    Faction #1: Secretary General Ruhul Amin Gazi
                    Faction #2: Secretary General Manzurul Ahsan Bulbul
              Dhaka Union of Journalists
                    Faction #1: President Elahi Newaz Khan (Saju)
                    Faction #2: Secretary General Shah Alam            
             Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA Bangladesh)
                   Contact: Hassan Shahriar
             Dhaka Reporters Unity
             Bangladesh Journalists Rights Forum
Barbados
             no known journalists organisation August 2005
Belize
             no known journalists organisation August 2005
Botswan
             Botswana Journalists Association (BOJA)
             MISA - Botswana 
             Botswana Media Consultative Council (BMCC)
             Botswana Media Women's Association (BOMWA)
                  Contact: Keabonye Ntsabane
Brunei
             no known journalists organisation August 2005
Cameroon      
            Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists (CAMASEJ)
                Contact: Nkemayang Paul Foanyi     
            Syndicat National des Journalistes du Cameroun (SNJC)
                President: Jean Marc Soboth
             Cameroon Union of Journalist (UCJ) l’Union des Journalists du Cameroun
                 President: Celestin Lingo
            Association des Journalistes Indépendants du Cameroun (AJIC)
                Président: Célestin Lingo
            Association of Professional African Women in Communications (APAC)
                President: Anne Youmbi Ghedeu 
             Club des Journalistes Solidaires du Cameroun (CJSC)
             UN Press Club
                Contact: Ms.Therese Tommo Monthe 
Canada
            Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP)
            Fédération Nationale des Communications (FNC)
            National Guild of Canadian Media, Manufacturing, Professional and Service Worker / CWA
            Association des Journalistes Independants du Quebec
            Parliamentary Press Gallery (Ottawa)
            Professional Federation of Quebec JournalistsFédération professionnelle des journalistes du                         Québec
            Periodical Writers Association of Canada  
            Canadian Farm Writers Federation
            Commonwealth Journalists Association (Canada)
                        Contact: Chris Cobb
           Association Canadienne des Rédacteurs Agricoles (ACRA)
                        President: Mrs Colette Lebel
            Canadian Association of Journalists
            Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
            National Press Club of Canada (Ottawa)
Cyprus
            Union of Cyprus Journalists
                E-mail: cyjourun@logosnet.cy.net
Dominica
            Media Workers' Association of Dominica
                        Treasurer: Carlisle Jno Baptiste
Fiji
            The Media Council (Fiji) Lt
            Commonwealth Journalists Association (Fiji)  
                   Secretary
            Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
Gambia
            Gambia Press Union
                E-mail: gpu@qanet.gm
Ghana
            Ghana Journalists Association
                 Email: info@ghanamedia.com
                Email: gja@ncs.com.gh or gjaghana@hotmail.com
            West Africa Journalists Association (WAJA )
             The West African Media Network (WAMNET)
                    Information Officer: Charity Binka
Grenada
            Grenada Media Workers Association
Guyana 
            Guyana Press Association (GPA)
                        President: Julia Johnson
Hong Kong
            Hong Kong Journalists Association
            Foreign Correspondents Club
India 
            All India Newspaper Editors Conference
                   Contact: Nikun R Patel
            All India Newspaper Employees Federation
                General Secretary: K.L. Kapur
            Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU)
            National Union of Journalists NUJ(I)
            Editor's Guild
                Secretary General: Alok Mehta
            Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ)
            Network of Women in Media India
Jamaica 
            Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) - represents journalists
                    Secretary: Ms. Ophelia Clue
Kenya 
            Kenya Union of Journalists
            Network for the Defense of Independent Media in Africa (NDIMA)
                        Contact: Sam Mbure
            Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) 
            Foreign Correspondents Association of East Africa (FCA-EA)
Kiribati
             Kiribati Islands Media Association (KIMA) - journalists are members
                  Contact:
Lesotho
             Media Institute of Lesotho (MILES/MISA-Lesotho)
             Press Club of Lesotho
                   Contact: c/o MISA-Lesotho
             Lesotho National Editors Forum
                    Contact: c/o MISA-Lesotho
Malawi 
             National Media Institute of Southern Africa (NAMISA/MISA-Malawi)
             Malawi Media Women's Association
                Email: mamwa@yahoo.com
Malaysia 
            National Union of Journalists Malaysia (NUJ)
            National Press Club
            Penang Media Club
            Sabah Journalists Association
                President: Joniston Bangkuai
            Sarawak Federation of Journalists Associations
                Kuching Division Journalists Association
Maldives
            no known journalists organisation
Malta
            Institute of Maltese Journalists
            Press Ethics Commission
Mauritius
            Mauritius Union of Journalists
                Contact: Soodhakur Ramlallah 
Mozambique
             MISA-Mozambique
Namibia
             Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
             MISA-Namibia
             Namibian Media Women's Association (NAMWA)
                Chairperson: Sarry Xoagus-eises
             Press Club Windhoek
                   Email: Carmen@namibian.com.na
Nauru
          no known journalists organisation
New Zealand
            Pacific Islands Media Association 
            New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists
            NZ Engineering, Printing, and Manufacturing Union (EPMU)
            National Press Club
Nigeria
            Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ)
                Email: ipc@micro.com.ng or nujnatsecabj@yahoo.com.ng
            The Independent Journalism Centre (IJC) PFUJ Secretary General
                        Email: ijcmonitor@yahoo.com
            Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE)
                        Email: nge@existence-ok.com
Niue
             no known journalists organisation
Pakistan
            Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists
                  Secretary General: Mr. Mazhar Abbas  or abbas.mazhar@gmail.com
            Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
            Rural Media Network
                Contact: Ehsan Ahmed Sehar 
Papua New Guinea
            Media Council of Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
          no known journalists organisation
Saint Lucia
          no known journalists organisation
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
          no known journalists organisation
Samoa
            Journalists Association of Western Samoa (JAWS) 
                Secretary: Cherelle Jackson   
Seychelles
            Journalists Association
                        Chairperson: Linda Rosalie
Sierra Leone
            Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ)
            E-mail: slajsalone@hotmail.com or kposowa_f@hotmail.com
            Association of Independent Journalists
                Contact: Salieu Kamara
            Sierra Leone Association of Women in the Media (SLAWIM)
                Email: slawim@hotmail.com
            Alliance of Female Journalists (AFJ)
                   Contact: Claudia Anthony 
Singapore
           Singapore National Union of Journalists
                        Email: snuj@ntuc.org.sg
            Singpore Press Club
            Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
Solomon Islands
            Media Association of the Solomon Islands (MASI)
South Africa
            Southern African Journalists Association   
                Contact Console Tleane  or Gabriel Baglo
            South African Union of Journalists (SAUJ)
            Media Workers' Association of SA (MWASA)
                President: Tuwani Gumani
            MISA-South Africa
           Federation of Black Journalists
                        Secretary General: Oupa Ngwenya 
            South African National Editor’s Forum (SANEF)
            Agricultural Writers Association of South Africa
            Institute for the Advancement of Journalism 
            Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Southern Africa
            Foundation for Media Excellence
                        Email: joeddings5@aol.com
             Journalism South Africa - for media news    
                National Press Club
                Contact: Ben Rootman
             Parliamentary Press Gallery Association (PGA)
                Contact
            Cross Border Association of Journalists (CAJ)  
                Secretary General: Zakeus Chibaya 
Sri Lanka
            Federation of Media Employees' Trade Unions
                E-mail: fmetu@sltnet.lk
            Sri Lankan Tamil Media Alliance (SLTMA)
            Sri Lanka Muslim Journalists Association
            Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum (SLMMF)
            Commonwealth Journalists Association (Sri Lanka)
                  Contact: Zacki Ali
            Free Media Movement           
                   Email: fmm@diamond.lanka.net
            Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum (SLEJF)
           Sri Lanka Press Institute
Swaziland
            MISA-Swaziland
Tanzania
             Tanzania Association of Media Women (TAMWA)
                Email: tamwa@raha.com
            Tanzanian Union of Journalists
                 General Secretary: Godfrey Kambenga
            Tanzania Press House
                Email: tpctanzania@email.com
            MISA-TAN
             Business Journaists Association
                  Contact: Wilbert Katima
Tonga
            Tonga Media Association
                  President: Sangster Saulala
Trinidad and Tobago
            Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT)
                  President: Dale Enoch
            Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM)
Tuvalu
            no known journalists organisation
Uganda
            Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) 
                Secretary General Mr Haruna Kanaabi
            Uganda Journalists Union (UJU)
                  General Secretary: Stephen Ouma Bwire
             Uganda Media Women's Association 
            Uganda Sports Press Association
                 Contact: Joseph Kabuleta Muhammad M. Dhakaba 
            East African Media Institute (EAMI)
                  Email: eami@infocom.co.ug
United Kingdom
            National Union of Journalists
            British Association of Journalists
            British Guild of Agricultural Journalists
            Chartered Institute of Journalists
            London Press Club
            Foreign Press Association
            Society of Editors
            Women in Journalism
            Falkland  Islands  South Atlantic Remote Territories Media Association (SARTMA)
            Association of Zimbabwean Journalists in the UK (AZJ-UK)    
Vanuatu
        Vanuatu Journalists Association 
Zambia
            Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ)
                General secretary: Nigel Mulenga
            MISA-Zambia
            Press Association of Zambia (PAZA)
            Zambia Media Women's Association (ZMWA)
                Chairperson: Sharon Mwalongo
            Society for Senior Zambian Journalists (SSZJ)
                President: Ridgeway Liwena
            Zambia Independent Media Association (ZIMA)
            Media Council of Zambia (MECOZ)
                Chair: Kabazo Chanda
            Zambia Institute of Mass Communication (ZAMCOM)
Zimbabwe
            Zimbabwe Union of Journalists
                 Secretary-General: Foster Dongozi
            Federation of African Media Women Zimbabwe (FAMWZ)
            MISA-Zimbabwe