Wits Centre for Journalism gives 24 health journalism grants

by WCJ Admin | July 7, 2025 | Featured Story, News | 0 Comments

The Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) is proud to announce the selection of 24 journalists from across Africa who will each be granted $1000 (R17 300) to investigate and report on a range of important health issues on the continent.

Entries open for 2025 Nat Nakasa Awards for Courageous Journalism

by WCJ Admin | July 3, 2025 | Featured Story, News | 0 Comments

These annual awards honour the legacy of Nat Nakasa, a trailblazing South African journalist and writer who died in exile after courageously challenging injustice and censorship during apartheid.

WCJ Webinar: Reimagining Financial Journalism in the Age of AI

by WCJ Admin | June 26, 2025 | Featured Story, News, Webinars | 0 Comments

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.

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AIJC 2025 Fellowship Applications Open

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.

AIJC2025 Call for Proposals Now Open

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, panels, themes or training that would elevate this year’s event.

WCJ welcomes Dr Thandi Bombi to the academic team

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.

Gold standard of South African investigative reporting honoured at 2025 Taco Kuiper Awards

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”, while Dewald van Rensburg of amaBhungane received the runner-up prize for his meticulous investigative series, “The #Laundry”.

Call for Participation: Baseline Survey on Journalist Safety

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 media workers in these regions.

Green Media Accelerator (GMA) gives African climate justice projects major boost

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.