Educators should contextualise universal journalism values in the African context

by Stuart Dickinson | May 4, 2023 | Featured Story, News

Over 100 journalism educators from across Africa have over the past two months shared their views on what excellence in journalism education means. The consultations were part of a project by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication to...

Call for applications: grants to investigate health issues in 2023

by Stuart Dickinson | May 2, 2023 | Featured Story, News, Uncategorized

The Wits Centre for Journalism’s African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) is offering grants to journalists to investigate health issues in seven African countries: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Lesotho, Swaziland and South Africa. The grants...

Winners of the Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism Award announced

by Stuart Dickinson | Apr 21, 2023 | Featured Story, News, Uncategorized

Winners of the 2022 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism have been announced. This year we see the top honours shared between Ray Joseph of GroundUp News for his exemplary and persistent investigation into the South African Lottery scandal, and Jeff Wicks of...

A roundup of Africa’s first Sustainable Journalism in Practice conference

by Stuart Dickinson | Mar 30, 2023 | Featured Story, News

By Stuart Dickinson: It’s no secret that the journalism industry is facing hardship. Client journalism that decorates and legitimises the power of political parties, widespread disinformation and misinformation, and declining standards of reporting have all...

African journalism schools can help rebuild trust in journalism, educators say

by Stuart Dickinson | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured Story, News

Journalism schools across Africa can help ensure that the media does a better job of protecting human rights and democracy, according to almost 60 participants in two recent consultations organised on behalf of UNESCO, the Wits Centre for Journalism and the School of...