The Wits Centre for Journalism hosts regular webinars on a wide range of topics, from academic research to interesting discussions around developments within the journalism and media space in South Africa and beyond.
Webinar Archive
Revenue Generation for African Newsrooms
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...
WCJ Webinar – Coloured: how classification became culture
Investigative journalist and editor Beauregard Tromp has a fascinating and important conversation with Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Chutel about their newly published book Coloured: how classification became culture - a reflection on and celebration of coloured identities...
WCJ Webinar – The price of justice: examining state spending on courts, policing and prisons
Over the current Medium Term Expenditure Framework period, justice cluster ministries are allocated nearly R150-billion each financial year. Over R100-billion is spent on policing, more than R25.5 billion on correctional services, and R23 billion on our courts and...
WCJ Webinar – How to Approach History in Narrative Non-Fiction and Literary Journalism
The Wits Centre for Journalism was recently joined by South African authors Jonny Steinberg and Lesley Mofokeng to discuss how to approach history in narrative non-fiction and literary journalism. While Steinberg's first books were hailed as contemporary works of...
How journalists can effectively use TikTok for storytelling
By Lwazi Maseko: Young people are finding new ways of consuming and sharing news, and news outlets, including journalists, need to adjust accordingly. This was the overarching consensus between participants in Jamlab Africa's webinar titled Introduction of TikTok in...
WCJ Webinar – Exploring AI in Journalism
Jamlab Africa coordinator Lindokuhle Nzuza spoke to Tshepo Tshabalala, manager of Journalism AI at Polis, the journalism think-tank at the London School of Economics, to understand the impact AI has on the journalism profession. How can newsrooms incorporate AI into...
Webinar Workshop – DNA Profiling for Journalists in Africa
The Wits Centre for Journalism and Wits Justice Project, together with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and DNA for Africa, hosted an online workshop about forensic DNA in Africa, how the science works, and how...
WCJ Webinar: Climate change journalism in South Africa
Lecturer and coordinator of the mid-career master's programme at the Wits Centre for Journalism, Dr Enoch Sithole, recently released a research report titled Climate Change Journalism in South Africa: noticeable improvements, less than adequate. Dr Sithole...
State of the Newsroom 2021: Outside the Mainstream
The Wits Centre for Journalism released its latest State of the Newsroom Report during a webinar launch on 24 November. Report editor Alan Finlay was joined by Nadia Bulbulia, Executive Director of the National Association of Broadcasters, Mia Malan, Editor-in-chief...