by Staff Reporter | May 27, 2022 | Featured Story, General media news, Wits Journalism
By Lesley Cowling The Wits Centre for Journalism recently partnered with the Rhodes School of Journalism to set up the first ever regional meeting of the International Association of Literary Journalism Studies (IALJS). Hosted by Rhodes Journalism, the two-day...
by Staff Reporter | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured Story, General media news, News
Lesley Cowling, University of the Witwatersrand In 1988, Aggrey Klaaste became the editor of Sowetan and launched a project to intervene in the fraught political situation in South Africa. The Sowetan was the foremost daily newspaper for black South Africans, a...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | May 10, 2019 | General media news, News
Local communities have taken advantage of campaign trail visits by leaders such as President Cyril Ramaphosa. Epa/Kim Ludbrook Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand Beyond the choreographed photo opportunities and big rallies, there is a local dimension to...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | Mar 1, 2018 | General media news, News
The South African National Editors’ (SANEF) notes with alarm an event that unfolded yesterday afternoon and evening that threatened media freedom. Investigative journalist and author, Jacques Pauw, had his house raided by a terrorist-fighting ‘Crimes against the...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | Feb 13, 2018 | Featured Story, General media news, Media freedom
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) has noted that the ANC’s new spokesperson Pule Mabe has been critical of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) coverage of a dissident group claiming to be ANC and SACP members, calling themselves the...
by Tshepo Tshabalala | Jan 31, 2018 | General media news, Wits Journalism
Wits Journalism welcomed the 2018 full time Career-entry journalism honours students in February. The class will take over all Wits Vuvuzela publications from the middle of March. As the department welcomes the new cohort, we would like to congratulate the...
