Global effort to defend journalism needs a reset – here’s how to do better
In December 2021, a record 488 journalists and media workers were in prison globally, and 46 journalists were killed while doing their jobs in the same year.
Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information
Journalism globally faces a sustainability crisis. It largely stems from declining advertising revenue, loss of revenue to technology giants, control of news media by political actors and individuals with business interests, disinformation, and dwindling public trust.
Wits sets up new Centre for Journalism
The new centre will continue these activities, expand its focus on the African continent and on digital media while growing its research output
Wits Journalism’s Class of 2018’s in-depth project: Melville and Parktown
This year the team tackled the theme of ‘work’, formal and informal as well as entrepreneurial in the Johannesburg suburbs of Melville and Parktown.
VowFM scoops four Liberty Radio Awards
Wits campus radio station VowFM has continued their winning streak, scooping four awards at the annual Liberty Radio Awards held at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday night Campus radio station Vow FM, based at Wits Journalism, walked away...
