by Stuart Dickinson | Apr 1, 2026 | Featured Story, News
Pictured: Mustapha K. Darboe (left) at the 2025 African Investigative Journalist of the Year awards; protests erupted in Banjul, Gambia following Darboe’s investigation (right) – image: The Republic. Gambian journalist Mustapha K. Darboe’s meticulous...
by Stuart Dickinson | Mar 30, 2026 | Featured Story, News
Jeff Wicks of News24 won the 2026 Taco Kuiper Award for his explosive book The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to die, an investigation into the assassination of whistleblower Deokaran that reveals a vast web of criminal syndicates and corrupt government...
by Stuart Dickinson | Feb 4, 2026 | Resources
The latest edition of Literary Journalism Studies (January 2026 Vol. 16, No. 2) is now available and includes contributions from Wits Centre for Journalism Research Associates Dr Lesley Cowling, Kevin Davie and Prof John Bak. Cowling and Bak were the co-editors of...
by Stuart Dickinson | Feb 4, 2026 | News
The Shadow Fleet, an investigation by Malawian journalist and 2025 AIJC Masterclass fellow Jack McBrams, has been recognised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network as one of the top investigative stories from Africa in 2025. McBrams says the investigation grew...
by Stuart Dickinson | Jan 23, 2026 | News
The WCJ’s African Investigative Journalism Conference is now accepting session and speaker proposals for this year’s 22nd edition, taking place at the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi, Kenya from 10 – 12 November 2026....
