by Stuart Dickinson | May 7, 2025 | News
The African Investigative Journalism Conference is running two Fellowship tracks in 2025 — one for practicing early-career journalists under the age of 30 with five or less years’ experience, and one for mid-career journalists with five or more years’ experience....
by Stuart Dickinson | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured Story, News, Uncategorized
The African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) returns to Wits University from 5 to 7 November 2025 for its 21st edition. The Wits Centre for Journalism invites journalists, media professionals, trainers and academics to submit proposals around speakers,...
by Stuart Dickinson | Apr 17, 2025 | News
The Wits Centre for Journalism is pleased to welcome Dr Thandi Bombi, who joins the academic team as a lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies. Bombi, who completed her master’s and PhD research through Rhodes University, joins Wits through the Department of Higher...
by Stuart Dickinson | Apr 12, 2025 | Featured Story, News
Sikonathi Mantshantsha of News24 takes top honours at the 2025 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism with his powerful series “Waste Land”, exposing the dismal state of municipal sewage and sanitation infrastructure in the Mogale City Local...
by Stuart Dickinson | Apr 1, 2025 | News
The Wits Centre for Journalism invites all community journalists and media workers (including volunteers and freelancers across print, radio and digital) from Southern and East Africa to participate in a benchmark survey into safety among community journalists and...
by WCJ Admin | Apr 1, 2025 | Featured Story, News
Five innovative media startups from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe have received funding to launch climate justice media projects through the inaugural Green Media Accelerator (GMA) bootcamp. This initiative, organised by the Consortium for Human Rights...
