Guest speakers Ryk van Niekerk (editor of Moneyweb) and Rob Rose (editor and co-founder of Currency) join WCJ lecturer Gillian Jones for part one of a two-part Wits Centre for Journalism webinar series exploring how we should redefine and re-educate financial journalists for an AI-augmented future.
Ryk van Niekerk, editor of Moneyweb, joins WCJ lecturer Gillian Jones for a webinar looking at financial journalism in South Africa.
On the back of a successful workshop on the subject, Prof Elana Newman of the University of Tulsa joined WCJ lecturer Dr Nechama Brodie for a follow-up discussion looking at psychological first aid for first responders in detail. In this webinar, she gives a variety of useful tips on how one can improve psychological first aid and mental resilience when faced with traumatic incidents.
The Wits Centre for Journalism, fraycollege, the Media Development Investment Fund and the Sustainable Journalism Partnership recently hosted an online workshop looking at Revenue Generation for African Newsrooms. The workshop featured speakers Lars Tallert – speaking on sustainability; Adedeji Adekunle – speaking on innovation; and Des Latham – speaking on revenue generation strategies.
In the latest WCJ Webinar, investigative journalist and editor Beauregard Tromp has a fascinating and important conversation with Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel about their newly published book Coloured: how classification became culture.
