Paula Fray

An haifi **Paula Maria Fray**  (1966-04-06 )   ƴar jarida ƴar Afirka ta Kudu ce, ƴar kasuwa kuma mai horar da ci gaban watsa labarai. Ita ce kuma mace ta farko editan jaridar Saturday Star ta Afirka ta Kudu.  

## Ilimi da asali
An haifi Fray a Mthatha da ke yankin Gabashin Cape na Afirka ta Kudu kuma ya yi karatu a makarantar firamare ta Holy Trinity da ke kogin Elsies. Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Athlone, tana karatun digiri a cikin 1983 don halartar Jami'ar Rhodes . Ta karanci aikin jarida da tarihin tattalin arziki a Jami'ar Rhodes inda ta kammala a 1986 tare da digiri na farko a aikin jarida.  Daga Jami'ar Afirka ta Kudu (UNISA), Fray ta sami takardar shedar karatun mata da nazarin shari'a a 1996 kuma daga baya ta fara digiri na biyu a fannin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci a 2008.  Tun da farko a cikin 2000, an ba ta suna Nieman Fellow a Jami'ar Harvard don shekarar karatu ta 2000 - 2001. 

## Sana'a
A watan Yunin 1999, Fray ta zama edita ta farko a jaridar Saturday Star ta Afirka ta Kudu, mukamin da ta yi murabus a shekarar 2003 kuma ta shiga Blackrock Communications a matsayin Daraktar Ayyuka. A cikin 2005, Fray ya kafa kamfani mai zaman kansa Fray da Associates (Paula Fray & Associates),   a yau da aka sani da '''fray''' intermedia .  Fray ne ya kafa kamfanin don inganta matsayin aikin jarida, ganin cewa aikin jarida ya sha bamban da sauran sana’o’in hannu domin yana da kuzari sosai kuma ta hanyar kiyaye sabbin abubuwa da sauye-sauye a masana’antar, kamfanin ya ware kansa daga makarantun aikin jarida na gargajiya. 

A cikin Janairu 2008, an nada Fray a matsayin Babban Darakta na Yanki na Inter Press Service na Afirka inda ta yi aiki har zuwa Mayu 2012.  Ta karbi mukamin shugabar cibiyar sadarwa **ta fray** kuma tun daga nan ta yi aiki kan ayyuka da shawarwari da dama baya ga yin aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara da mai ba da shawara ga kungiyoyi da ayyuka daban-daban. Daga 2012 har zuwa 2016 Fray ya kasance amintaccen BrandSA  .  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakiyar Ombud: Majalisar Jarida ta Afirka ta Kudu daga Janairu 2016 har zuwa Janairu 2018. 

A cikin 2018, bayan gagarumin girma da kuma buƙatar horarwa da jagoranci da ake bayarwa ta hanyar sadarwa na **fray**, kamfanin ya rabu don kafa kamfanin 'yar'uwarsa, kwalejin '''fray'''  wanda ke ba da darussan e-Learning da dama  da kuma azuzuwan mutum-mutumi da Fray kanta ta koyar. 

A cikin 2019, an nada ta a matsayin Shugabar Sabuwar Humanitarian .  A halin yanzu kuma Fray yana aiki a matsayin wakilin jama'a a Majalisar Jarida ta Afirka ta Kudu  kuma a matsayin memba na Hukumar Binciken Afirka .  A shekarar 2019 ta kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa Accountability Lab Afirka ta Kudu kuma a halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin memba na hukumar. 

### Tambayoyi kan wariyar launin fata a cikin Sauraron Kafofin watsa labarai
A cikin 1998 Hukumar Kare Hakkokin Dan Adam ta Afirka ta Kudu ta sami buƙatu daga Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Baƙar fata (BLA) da Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Akanta na Afirka ta Kudu (ABASA) don bincikar wariyar launin fata da jaridu biyu suka yi a Johannesburg, Mail and Guardian da Sunday Times .

Editoci da yawa, ciki har da Fray, an ba da sammacin zuwa sauraron karar. Bayan tattaunawar, editoci sun yarda su ba da shaida.  Fray ya ce, "kuma ina tsammanin wariyar launin fata, ɗayan ɓangaren jima'i shine zalunci na ciki kuma zai zama wauta a gare ni in ɗauka cewa lokacin da na shiga cikin Tauraruwar Asabar a matsayin editan mace baƙar fata cewa ban ɗauka tare da ni wata hanyar tunani ba, wata hanyar aiki da aka samar daga shekarun da suka yi imani cewa ni mace ce da duk wannan kayan da ke da alaƙa da ke tare da kasancewa baki da mace". 

A cikin watan Agustan 2000 hukumar ta fitar da wani rahoto mai suna ' Factlines: Inquiry on the wariyar launin fata a kafafen yada labarai ' tare da bincikensu. Rahoton ya gano cewa "Kafofin watsa labarai na Afirka ta Kudu za a iya kwatanta su a matsayin cibiyoyin wariyar launin fata" amma ya ci gaba da lura "ba mu sami wata shaida da ke nuna manyan kafofin watsa labaru da ke ba da shawarar nuna kyama na launin fata ba ko kuma tayar da rikici na launin fata" 

### Kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka
Kyautar Tsofaffin Daliban Jami'ar Rhodes 2022 

Kyautar SANEF Stephen Wrottesley 2017 

PDMSA 2015 Print & Digital Media SA Fellows 

EY Kasuwancin Nasara Mata Na 2015 

An zaɓa a matsayin ɗayan mujallar Elle "The Elle 30" (Janairu 2000) 

Cosmopolitan's "21 na Karni na 21st: SA's Awesome Young Women" (Disamba 1999)

lambar yabo ta Media Council 1991 

Checkers/Shoprite Investigative Journalism Award (Gaba ɗaya) 1991

Lambar yabo ta Checkers 1988 

Kofin Olleman (Mafi Alƙawari Argus Cadet) 1987 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Fray ya auri Desmond Latham kuma mahaifiyar 'ya'ya uku ce. 

## Manazarta