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Welcome to the new JoCoZa website

We are excited to announce our new and improved website Journalism.co.za, or better known as JoCoZa. The updated site includes changes to navigation, the structure of content and a host of smaller but impactful changes, all to make your experience of the JoCoZa site that much better. Another important change to note is that the website has been split into two places: journalism.co.za and wits.journalism.co.za for all study programmes at Wits Journalism.

News

amaBhungane, Daily Maverick and News24 investigation wins 2017 Taco Kuiper Award

The collaborative effort from amaBhungane,News24 and Daily Maverick scooped the 2017 Taco Kuiper prize for investigative journalism.

Download the most up to date State of the Newsroom 2017 report

This fourth annual report looks at jobs in the newsroom, fake news and fact-checking journalism, and highlights the problem of threats to media freedom in South Africa.

Podcasts

Radio shows produced by the Wits Radio Academy.

Business Buzz – Jobs

What are some of the latest job trends in SA? Economist Dawie Roodt from Efficient Group shares some insights on this.

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THE SCIENCE INSIDE – Family Day

If you’re hoping to start a family, Dr Mohamed Iqbal Cassim from the BioArt fertility centre says trends in fertility have changed

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Law Focus – Wrongful Arrest

Ruth Hopkins from the Wits Justice Project sheds some light on the wrongful arrest and presidential pardon of Fusi Mofokeng and Tshokolo Mokoena who were arrested and convicted on a charge of murder

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From our Projects

Wits Journalism hosts a number of projects that have a substantial impact on the South African media industry.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Investigative journalism grants 2018 | Africa-China Reporting Project

The Africa-China Reporting Project invites journalists to submit proposals for a series of Africa-China investigative journalism grants intended for larger and more expansive investigations.

SA’s serial murder & rape ‘ranking’ not supported by data | Africa Check

A South African newspaper claimed that the country is ranked third after the US and Russia for serial murders and rapes… but the data’s not convincing.

Fighting fake news: What tools do we need to combat misinformation in SA? | JamLab

Ideas for fake news intervention areas for journalists

When the perpetrator is a victim – jailed for a crime he did not commit | Wits Justice Project

After spending five years in jail for a crime he always claimed he did not commit Daniel Brilliance Sehloho is supposed to be one of the lucky ones whose wrongful conviction has been overturned. Instead, he believes his problems really started when he was released.

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