Zibi’s quest for identifiable audience behind Business Day revamp

Instead of working his way up through newsrooms, he spent many years in corporate communications before joining the Financial Mail and then becoming Business Day’s editor in May last year when Peter Bruce stepped aside after 13 years at the helm. Now he must lead South Africa’s premium business title through its roughest time.

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The dos and don’ts of covering children in the media

The rule of thumb when it comes to reporting on children is think once, twice, three times about how you’re going to do – and then think again. And consult the South African Press Code or a media lawyer.

However, even though the revamped Press Code has tightened up on the portrayal of children – and is very clear that “exceptional care and consideration” must be exercised – our media still has serious lapses in this difficult area. The most recent lapse was the shocking front-page images (and a video put up on YouTube, now down) by the Kimberley-based DFA newspaper last month of an 18-year-old boy being raped by four others in a Northern Cape school hostel. (Click here for a City Press story).

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Law of discrimination

No one likes to be an outsider and treated unfairly.

On this episode we look at when getting mean counts as discrimination legally. We speak to Wits Prof Cathi Albertyn, Guido Opperman from the Worcester CPF and WInnie Everett from the CCMA.

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