Join us to celebrate the launch of the first ever State of the Newsroom for Malawi (2021). This inaugural issue focuses on corruption in the media in Malawi. With a third of the country’s budget lost to corruption each year, what can the media do about it? How does political influence impact on reporting corruption, and just how widespread are the first-hand reports of corruption amongst journalists in the Malawian newsroom?

Investigative journalist Vitus-Gregory Gondwe will be in conversation with:

• Tereza Temweka Ndanga (Chairperson of the Media Institute of Southern Africa MISA-Malawi)
• Edyth Kambalame (Editor at Nation Publications Limited)
• Gracian Tukula (Contributing author to State of the Newsroom Malawi)

When: Wednesday 28th April 2021,

Time: 14:00 – 15:00 CAT

Monthly newsletter for African journalism educators, produced by Fojo Media Institute and Wits Journalism, part of the Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Africa (CHARM).

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Following from two conversations on reimagining new narratives and reclaiming African narratives through storytelling: what’s need, we are now calling in the “do’ers”. We would like them to share their learnings on bringing others into the market, we want to interrogate their models and innovations.

When: Thursday, 22 April 2021 | Time: 12:00 CAT

The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust, Wits Justice Project and Goodman Gallery have the pleasure of inviting you to celebrate the posthumous publication of David Goldblatt’s most recent book, Ex-Offenders at the Scene of Crime. The book has been published by Gerhard Steidl, the legendary book maker. This was one of David’s last projects before his death in June 2018.

Confirmed speakers include: 

• Judge Edwin Cameron
• Judge David Unterhalter
• Emma Chetcuti, Director of Multistory, 
• Terry Kurgan, artist and writer
• Solomon Madikane, head of Realistic, 
• Simoniah Mashangoane, project coordinator of the Wits Justice Project.

When: Monday, 26 April 2021 | Time: 17:30 - 20:30 CAT

Covid-19 vaccination and nationalism is one of the major news stories of 2021. What impact is it having on Africa-China relations? And how are journalists covering the story?  Eric Olander of ACRP partner the China Africa Project will be joined by two African and two Chinese journalists to discuss dynamics of reporting in various countries and by governments on the framing and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. 

When: Wednesday, 12 May 2021 | Time: 11:00 CAT