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#AIJC18 Early bird tickets on sale

We are happy to share that the 13th African Investigative Journalism Conference's website is now live. The platform has all the answers to your questions on registration, accommodation, transport and many more. You can now register for early bird tickets to the event.

The AIJC conference, held annually since 2005, is the premier annual gathering of African investigative journalists – a three-day international conference for and about investigative journalism. #AIJC18 is expected to draw top journalists from all over the world to Wits University, Johannesburg from October 29-31, 2018.

AIJC has 40 fellowships to attend the conference for journalists from African countries. Applications for the fellowships close on August 3, 2018. Don't miss out on this opportunity.

Book now for second-semester courses

Applications are still open for courses starting in the second semester such as Investigative Journalism, and Development Communication

Media Management will start in August. See website for details.

News from Wits Journalism

Wits Justice Project journalist chosen into Mail & Guardians Top 200 Young South Africans

Sumeya Gasa, an investigative journalist and multimedia producer at the Wits Justice Project at Wits Journalism was chosen to feature in this year's Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans. She is also currently completing a Master of Arts in Digital Arts and Interactive Media degree at Wits University.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Africa–China Photo Exhibition 2018

The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP) at Wits Journalism is inviting all journalists, media practitioners and photographers to submit images for an Africa-China Photo Exhibition that will collect images from across Africa that best encapsulate applicants’ interpretation of “Africa–China”.

Opportunities and Awards

Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development

The Thomson Reuters Foundation will bring together journalists from around Africa to attend the "Reporting on Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development" workshop aimed to enable journalist s to tell the story of rural development.

From our Projects

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

WITS JUSTICE PROJECT: Innocence versus the plea deal: How justice fails

Lawyers can sometimes bully an accused into signing a deal to save time in court, writes Azarrah Abdul Karrim

AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT: Vipers: Kenya, China sign pact to restrict illegal trade

Kenya and China have forged a partnership in restricting the illegal trade of rare vipers. The vipers are illegally trafficked and sold in China to cartels and criminals.

AFRICA CHECK: Eskom and the viral infographic: do the numbers add up?

As South Africa faces winter load shedding, a widely shared infographic is making startling claims about employee numbers, salaries and output at power utility Eskom. What’s the real story?

JAMLAB: How to: Create the best newsletters

To those of you accustomed to sending out newsletters to subscribers, the benefits may sound obvious. For those who had given up on sending out newsletters, we are here to inform you that the medium is making a healthy comeback.

Podcasts

Radio shows produced by the Wits Radio Academy.

The Science Inside – Sport Nutrition

Tennis star Serena Williams recently opened up about her breastfeeding and eating choices as an elite sportswoman. We explore the interplay between fitness and nutrition with Arista Nienaber, a lecturer at the North West University's Potchefstroom campus

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Business Buzz – Festival

Festivals draw thousands of South Africans every year with the promise of a great experience, whether focused around oysters or art. Stu Berry, festival director at Splashy Fen, takes us into the business of the country’s longest-running music festival

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Law Focus – Right to Basic Education

Law Focus this week probes the development of the right to basic education as established in section 29 (1)(a) of the South African Constitution.

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