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 | Dec 5, 2025 | Resources
In 2025, 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 the Swedish...
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 16, 2025 | Resources
> Download The media plays a very important role in a democratic society such as ours where competing rights often have to be carefully balanced in the process of informing the public. To enable the media to carry out its responsibility properly and fairly in this...
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 16, 2025 | Resources
> Download This book is designed for journalists, editors, and anyone working in a newsroom. It provides an introduction and guide to responsible and ethical practices for reporting on stories that involve information or disclosures that might be described as...
by Stuart Dickinson | Oct 16, 2025 | Resources
> Download The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its Digital News Report 2024, the most comprehensive piece of research on news consumption worldwide. It is based on a survey of over 95,000 news consumers and covers 47 markets, including...
by Admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Resources
The Press Council of South Africa, born in 2013, came under the spotlight at Wits University on 21 May 2014 for review. Topics that were at discussed included: If it was fit for purpose How effective it had been in the year that had passed since its inception ...
