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....
by Stuart Dickinson | Jan 16, 2026 | Featured Story, News
South African or SA-based journalists are invited to submit their best work published or broadcast between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2025 for this year’s Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism. Celebrating its 20th edition in 2026, the annual awards recognise...
by WCJ Admin | Dec 17, 2025 | Featured Story, News
The Wits Centre for Journalism bids a heartfelt farewell to Prof Lesley Cowling, who retires in 2025 after a remarkable 25 years at Wits University. As one of Wits Journalism’s founding leaders, Prof Cowling was instrumental in guiding the Centre to where it is today,...
by Stuart Dickinson | Dec 5, 2025 | Featured Story, News
Earlier this year, the Wits Centre for Journalism conducted a baseline survey into the safety of local and community journalists in Southern and East Africa. Led by WCJ lecturer Dr Nechama Brodie with support from the Consortium on Human Rights and Media (CHARM) and...
by Stuart Dickinson | Dec 2, 2025 | Featured Story, News
The Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) has assumed management of the VOW 88.1 community radio station from the Faculty of Humanities at Wits University. The move comes as part of the “VOW Reimagined” project which began in 2023 to realign the station with Wits...
