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Wits Radio Academy to launch election website

South African communities tell great stories – especially during elections. The Wits Radio Academy will launch a news portal that will primarily share local stories happening and affecting your communities directly ahead of and during elections. Further details will be released shortly. The portal is offered in partnership with the Children’s Radio Foundation, the Media Development and Diversity Agency, AfricaCheck and the Open Society Foundation.

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Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism Award Ceremony

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and software engineer, Matthew Caruana Galizia, will deliver the keynote address at the Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism Award ceremony this week. Galizia is the son of the late Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb near her home in Malta in October 2017.

Winners for the Taco Kuiper Awards will be announced on Friday.

News from Wits Journalism

Voice of Wits FM scoops 12 Liberty Radio Awards nominations

The station will also compete for top honours in the campus afternoon drive show, campus daytime show, campus night-time show and campus & community combined news and actuality show categories to name a few at the gala ceremony which is set to take place in April this year.

Call for Applications: Ruth First Fellowship 2019 – Migrancy and Populism

The Ruth First fellowship is a prestigious award made by the University of Witwatersrand that enables journalists, writers, researchers, film makers or photographers to pursue in-depth projects that can be presented in ways to influence thinking, discussion and debate in South Africa. Submit applications by Monday, 8 April.

From our Projects

Wits Journalism hosts a number of projects that have a substantial impact on the South African media industry.

AFRICA CHINA REPORTING PROJECT: Audio/visual reporting grants & Investigative reporting grants

The Africa China Reporting Project and China House invite journalists to submit proposals for audio/visual reporting grants or investigative reporting grants with budgets of around US$3,000 per grant. Submit applications by 14 April.

WITS JUSTICE PROJECT: Justice Denied podcast series

Take a listen to this podcast series called "Justice Denied" on the human cost of wrongful convictions. The series was a collaboration with News24 and the Wits Justice Project.

JAMLAB: African media innovation can address practical, financial and trust challenges

While threats to journalism in Africa can seem immovable and discouraging, there are diverse and multi-layered interventions that can be game changers

AFRICA CHECK: #WorldWaterDay: 10 facts – some surprising – about Africa’s water

How many people in the region don’t have safe water? Do Cape Town residents use it mainly for their pools and gardens? Do well-off Nairobians pay less for their water?

Podcasts

Radio shows produced by the Wits Radio Academy.

Business Buzz – Digital Media For Your Business

Taking us through the business of social media and the #woolieswaterchallenge is Conrad Travis David, the Managing Director of Hashtag South Africa. Tebatso Molapo, the Founder of Re Basadi chats to us about her business, as an influencer and her latest book called “A guide to Instagram”

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Law Focus – Human Rights

In this episode of Law Focus, we spoke to Constitutional Hill chief executive, Dawn Roberston , to discuss the history of the court, its significance and different activities lined up to commemorate Human Rights Day.

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