by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
By Enoch Sithole: Renowned media scholar, Professor Herman Wasserman, has been appointed Chair of the Stellenbosch University Department of Journalism with effect from January 2023. AJENda reach out in a Q&A to Prof Wasserman to discuss his thoughts for his new...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
By Enoch Sithole: African media and communication researchers now have a digital platform where they can share their work, thanks to the establishment of the AfroMedia Network. The platform was launched last week in Bujumbura, Burundi, at the 12th East African...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
Kenyan media scholar, Osman Osman, has accused his country’s mass media of covering northern Kenya in the same was that media outlets of the “global north” covered Africa. Writing in the online newsletter The Elephant, Osman said the Kenyan media’s coverage of the...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
The Liberian media has been urged to prioritise ethical journalism which, according to the leader of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP), Dr Daniel E. Cassell, begins with truth-telling. Dr Cassell also told members of the Liberian media that despite the risks...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has written a letter to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to express concerns on “attacks on the media which have included, arbitrary arrests and detention, physical assaults, crippling fines, closure of...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has established the Media Leadership Think Tank, which it said was aimed at dealing with pressing issues facing the media and audio-visual industries on their impact to democracy. Veteran...
