by Ajen admin | Dec 9, 2025 | articles
By Enock Sithole When Western reporters file from Timbuktu or Lagos, and when local journalists file from the same streets, they are often describing the same facts to very different audiences through different prisms. That difference matters. It shapes investment...
by Ajen admin | Dec 9, 2025 | articles
By Enock Sithole When foreign cash arrives at newsrooms and journalism schools it buys more than laptops and travel: it buys ideas about what journalism should be, and sometimes who should be listened to. Since the University of Cape Town’s 2019 survey of media aid...
by Ajen admin | Dec 9, 2025 | articles
By Enock Sithole In an era characterised by the rapid spread of citizen-generated content and AI-driven output, the foundations of journalism — verification, accountability, credibility — are under intense pressure. The phenomenon of everyday individuals publishing...
by Ajen admin | Dec 9, 2025 | articles
By Enock Sithole Following last edition’s story on the coverage of the African continent by the country’s media, a recently authored paper by Mpêkè-Ntonga Métila Me Nyodi landed in my inbox. Hereunder, I review his interesting thoughts on the subject. In a bold...
by Ajen admin | Oct 27, 2025 | articles
By Enock Sithole The African Journalism Education Network (AJEN) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) online on Friday, 21 November, at 12 noon (SAST). Members will receive a Zoom invitation separately and are encouraged to register as indicated in the...
by Ajen admin | Oct 27, 2025 | articles
By Enock Sithole When Professor Sisanda Nkoala talks about journalism, she speaks with the authority of someone who has been both behind the microphone and at the lectern. The award-winning academic, researcher and media leader began her career as a journalist at the...