
After lying comatose for many years, Media Institute of Southern Africa -Botswana Chapter is working on reviving media awards to recognise journalists that have contributed to society through their works. MISA DIRECTOR, Tefo Phatshwane, fields questions from DIGITAL PLATFORMS ANCHOR Ricardo Kanono. Ricardo Kanono (RK): Briefly share with us about the up-coming MISA Awards slated for Tef Phatshwane (TP):The awards will be held on the 5th of December at Travel Lodge. They came about as one of my assignments when I took office last year October because they have been non existent for 5 years. RK: It has been many years since the awards were held, why the long wait? TP: MISA had money challenges over the last 5 years. The office was ineffective hence there were no awards. We have since resuscitated MISA and its up and running. We started by engaging our stakeholders to reintroduce the Organization and its objectives. We have since managed to rebuild the relationships resulting in us being able to hold these awards RK: What should we expect from these awards? TP: We have only added 2 categories that were not there previously, Social Media and Veteran’s Awards. Social media is a new kid…