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Wallace Ruzvidzo
Herald Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Newspapers Group has made a massive step into the future of journalism, which is inspirational to the country’s media industry, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation chief executive officer, Mr Sugar Chagonda, has said.
A delegation from the national broadcaster was yesterday led on a tour of Zimpapers’ recently launched digital-first newsroom by the company’s chief executive officer Mr William Chikoto and group editorial executive Mr Elias Mambo.
Speaking after the tour, Mr Chagonda said they had been inspired by the innovation and creativity they had witnessed during the guided tour.
“Our impression is that we are very much excited, if anything, we have been challenged to say we need to think outside the box so that we can also come up with new ways of doing business. So I think what we have seen here is a lot of innovation and creativity and certainly this is what is needed in the future,” he said.
Mr Chagonda commended Zimpapers’ leadership for steering the company into the future of media operations.
“So what we are seeing is Zimpapers for the future, not just for serving the audiences now, but they are looking into the future. I think there are a lot of positives that we have picked as ZBC and we are also looking into other things that we also need to improve and we also need to collaborate.
“We are very excited and we want to congratulate the leadership here at Zimpapers.
“They are doing a wonderful job and they have challenged us as ZBC to say this is where we want to go,” he said.
The ZBC chief executive also extended an invitation to Zimpapers’ leadership to get an appreciation of the national broadcaster’s own transformation journey.
“We also need to incorporate what we are seeing here. So we will continue to do that and I have also extended an invitation to the CEO to say you also need to come to Pockets Hill.
“We are done with the modernisation of Montrose in Bulawayo. So you can also come and see what we have done. The next phase is we are moving to Pockets Hill in Harare,” he said.
