For the first time in the event’s history, the main Nat Nakasa Award for courageous journalism has been jointly awarded to three outstanding journalists.

The event also highlighted the critical role played by the WCJ’s academic curriculum in developing some of these book projects.

The African Investigative Journalism Conference returns to Wits University from October 30 to November 1, and the Wits Centre for Journalism is pleased to announce a number of exciting opportunities that will assist journalists in Africa in taking part.

The South African National Editors’ Forum and Standard Bank held a successful and prestigious awards ceremony on Saturday night to honour the best of SA journalism.

Wits Centre for Journalism lecturers, project heads and fellows have recently contributed to important research in the field through book chapters and prominent reports. Here are a few highlights.

To help stakeholders and media organisations stay on top of changes and challenges in the dynamic environment of community radio, the Wits Centre for Journalism hosted a three-day workshop looking at issues of governance, sustainability and viability.

A series of ‘platform resets’ create new uncertainties for publishers as audiences worry about AI and misinformation. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its Digital News Report 2024, the most comprehensive piece of research on news...

More than ever, we need well-trained financial journalists able to think critically about the issues we face, to serve as watchdogs for the wider public and to make sense of complex events that shape our economies and livelihoods.

Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn have taken top honours at the 18th Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism for their explosive exposé of Thabo Bester’s escape from prison, a saga which has captured the attention of millions of South Africans across the country since the story broke in 2023.

The Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) and Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, amplifying a common goal in working to strengthen investigative journalism in Africa.