by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
South Africa’s higher education, science and innovation minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has directed institutions of higher learning in the country to “shift exclusively to online learning for all students”. This meant that universities would not officially close, “but...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
Disinformation and misinformation, nowadays known as fake news, is “drowning” journalism, prompting efforts in various parts of the world to ramp up efforts to create awareness and resources to held journalists deal with their own pandemic. During the last...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
We are over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, and journalists have learnt many lessons, but consolidation and documentation of these lessons for Africans has been lacking. The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF), together with fraycollege and Internews are...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
Dr. Emilly C. Maractho, senior lecturer and head of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the Uganda Christian University, writes about gender mainstreaming following a discussion of journalism education in Africa and Asia during an event organised by...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
Twenty-six journalists from five West African countries have just undergone a four-day fact-checking training conducted by West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa. The training will equip journalists with the skills to deal with widespread...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | articles
Concerned with rampant misinformation in the media and society, the Embassy of Sweden in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted a virtual discussion under the theme: Caught In The Infodemic: How fact-checking can counter conspiracy theories. Leading the discussions were Fojo...
