WCJ News Articles
VOW FM 88.1 enters new era under Wits Centre for Journalism management
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...
Online launch: 2025 State of the Newsroom report
The 2025 edition of State of the Newsroom takes a detailed look at the possible impact of artificial intelligence on the news in South Africa, what’s happening now, and the changes newsrooms will need to make. We also ask media experts what they think the...
Levelling the Media Playing Field: Lessons from South Africa
Three decades have passed since media reforms sought to create a more democratic, inclusive media in South Africa, providing a good opportunity to assess how successful those initiatives were. A new report, published by DW Akademie and co-authored by Prof Franz...
#AIJC2025 welcomes more than 450 attendees from 50 countries for its 21st edition
Stuart Dickinson Images: Leon Sadiki Over 450 delegates from 50 countries participated in 65+ lectures, workshops and networking sessions at the 21st African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC), held at Wits University in Johannesburg from 5-7 November. Widely...
The African Investigative Journalism Conference heads to Kenya in 2026
The African Investigative Journalism Conference is taking flight in 2026, heeding the call of the continent’s journalism community in making the event more accessible to those who travel from afar every year to the annual gathering in Johannesburg. “Over 21 years of...
WCJ hosts successful Africa-China policy seminar
On 6 November 2025, the Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) hosted a seminar on Africa-China relations that was attended by more than thirty academics, journalists, civic actors and business leaders from South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana and Senegal. The seminar’s main...
South Africa’s Dewald van Rensburg named 2025 African investigative journalist of the year
Dewald van Rensburg of South African investigative journalism unit amaBhungane has won the 2025 AIJC African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award for his series of investigations titled “City of Gold”, laying bare in meticulous detail how the underground...
Rising Beyond the Narrative: Africa’s Promise in the 21st Century – Fatou Bensouda’s keynote address at #AIJC2025
21st African Investigative Journalism ConferenceKeynote Address by H.E. Dr. Fatou BensoudaHigh Commissioner of The Gambia to UKFormer Chief Prosecutor of The International Criminal Court (2012-2021)5 November 2025 Dear Esteemed Members of the Media,...
AI in African Newsrooms: Towards an Ethical Framework
The Wits Centre for Journalism and African Women in Media recently hosted a webinar exploring the debates, best practices and ethical roadmaps for deploying artificial intelligence in African newsrooms, featuring Dr. Grace Githaiga, CEO at KICTANet, Sara Elkhalili,...
Transforming migration storytelling in Africa
Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) honours students, together with researchers from the African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS), recently took part in a one-day workshop hosted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), exploring ways to transform...
Workshop: Mastering the Art of Storytelling with Numbers
Join the Wits Centre for Journalism for a one-day workshop designed to equip financial journalists and communicators with techniques to transform dry, complex financial data into compelling, engaging stories that resonate with their audiences. Through a combination of...
Top five entries announced for AIJC’s 2025 African Investigative Journalist of the Year Award
After receiving a record number of entries in 2025, with some fierce competition among them, the judging panel of the African Investigative Journalist of the Year (AIJY) Award has settled on its top five entries. The two runners-up and winner, yet to be determined,...