by rendani | Feb 19, 2016 | General media news
Wits Journalism’s Investigative Journalism Programme has partnered with the Global Investigative Journalism Network to launch GIJN Africa to help strengthen investigative reporting networks and groups across sub-Saharan Africa. You can follow GIJN Africa on Twitter...
by rendani | Feb 16, 2016 | General media news
Demonstrations against the government are a routine affair in the Ugandan capital Kampala, and Andrew Lwanga thought it would be just another day at work when he was assigned to cover a protest march by a few dozen unemployed youth on January 12, 2015. He ended the...
by rendani | Feb 16, 2016 | General media news
The appointment of Caxton professor of Journalism Anton Harber as editor-in-chief of 24-hour news channel ENCA, has raised questions about transformation issues at the private broadcaster, as well throughout the South African media industry, writes Michelle Gumede....
by rendani | Feb 15, 2016 | General media news, Justice Project, Published cases
“I grew up in prison,” says Thabo Pule, who has been in and out of correctional centres since he was 16 years old. “I was never sentenced for long periods but I was always on trial and would get 5 years and then 3 years and then 5 again since 1998.” Then, last year...
by rendani | Feb 15, 2016 | General media news
A council meeting of the SA National Editors’ Forum was held in Cape Town on Saturday February 13, 2016. Council deliberated extensively on the changing media landscape, the commercial and other pressures and their implications on editorial independence. The...
by rendani | Feb 11, 2016 | General media news
The Conversation Africa is collaborating with Voice of Wits to bring you high quality, in depth analysis of President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address. Academic experts will be joining us at the Voice of Wits studio to listen to the speech which will be...
