by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 31, 2022 | Featured Story, News, Webinars
Franz Krüger, Adjunct Professor of the Wits Centre for Journalism and founder of the Wits Radio Academy, has released a new report titled Greening Africa’s news deserts, which considers important policy options to support local media in sub-Saharan Africa....
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 27, 2022 | Featured Story, News, Uncategorized
Jamfest 2022 was nothing short of a rousing success, with media makers and innovators from across Africa dialing in remotely for virtual sessions, as well as convening in person once again at the Tshimologong Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, to share ideas,...
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 25, 2022 | Featured Story, News
In her latest book, Wits Centre for Journalism lecturer and acting director of the Wits Justice Project, Dr Nechama Brodie, says media coverage is distorting the facts around farm killings in South Africa, and that while very few farm murders appear to be committed...
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 14, 2022 | News
PRESS RELEASE: On 19 October 2022, Media Freedom Day in South Africa, the Aggrey Klaaste Trust will host the Aggrey Klaaste Annual Colloquium to commemorate the events that took place on 19 October 1977 – the infamous Black Wednesday. On that fateful day, the...
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 12, 2022 | Featured Story, News
As former president Jacob Zuma took aim at News24 journalist Karyn Maughan and prosecutor Billy Downer in a private prosecution at the Pietermaritzburg High Court this week, hundreds of Maughan’s colleagues, supporters and journalistic organisations from around South...
