Educators find common ground at Ajen round table

Educators find common ground at Ajen round table

By Enoch Sithole:  After a fruitful round table meeting at Wits University, members of the African Journalism Educators Network (Ajen) agreed to set up a steering committee and identify projects for future collaboration. The meeting was held in Johannesburg on...
Radio veterans launch journalism training academy

Radio veterans launch journalism training academy

By Kemiso Wessie:  Nala Academy for Media and Journalism Training, a South African-based media training institution, launched on August 30th with corporate training and varied media courses from television to journalism fundamentals. As a subsidiary of Nala Integrated...
Winds of change blowing in Zambian media

Winds of change blowing in Zambian media

The new Zambian administration that was elected in the August election, seems to be sticking to the promise of introducing media reforms and enhancing freedom of expression in the southern African nation. Getting the ball rolling, newly-appointed information and media...
State of the Newsroom goes to Senegal

State of the Newsroom goes to Senegal

By Kemiso Wessie:  Senegal is to get its own State of the Newsroom report, thanks to a new collaboration between the Wits Centre for Journalism and Dakar’s E-jicom. State of the Newsroom is an annual report analyzing trends in the journalistic media, and has been...
SACOMM to discuss the role of big-tech in communication

SACOMM to discuss the role of big-tech in communication

By Enoch Sithole: Communication academics from universities across South Africa will gather at the University of the Witwatersrand for the South African Communication Association (SACOMM) annual conference, under the theme of “Unravelling Big Tech: Power and the...