Launch of State of the Newsroom 2018

Wits Journalism is pleased to invite you to the launch of State of the Newsroom 2018: Structured/unstructured 

This latest report will feature insights on the following topics:

• The crisis at the SABC – will retrenchments help?
• What happens to journalists when they lose their jobs?
• Journalist safety and trauma: how vulnerable are South African journalists?
• Nuance vs sensationalism: what is the public interest duty of the media?
  
  

and commentary pieces:

• Are newsrooms doing less investigative work?
• What the Press Council says journalists are getting wrong
  
  

including:

• Industry indicators & trends
• a new media freedoms watchlist
• a review of key developments in the newsroom in 2018

The launch will include a panel debate: Journalism is dead. Long Live Journalism

Over the last year we have seen continuing staff reductions in major newsrooms and a decline in original reporting. We have also seen the launch of two digital only titles and a new 24 hour tv news channel. But new sustainable business models for journalism in digital media remain elusive. There are so many exciting possibilities but so little evidence of a bright future. So where should we be looking for the new paths that could lead to a healthy future for journalism and journalists? What could and what should a new media look like?

Where: Wits Club, University of the Witswatersrand

When: Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Time: 10am-12pm

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