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Ethiopia gets its first journalism textbook
Journalism students in Ethiopia will now use a homegrown journalism textbook, thanks to the work of Drs Getachew Dinku and Abdissa Zerai who recently published the country’s first journalism textbook.
SACOMM 2024 to debate ‘politics of the present’
The SACOMM 2024 conference will have a specific focus “on the politics of the present, and practices of being present,” said the Local Organising Committee (LOC) at Stellenbosch University.
EACA to deliberate on the ‘global dialogue on media and communication’
By Enoch Sithole Media and communication academics from East Africa and other parts of the world will converge at the University of Dar es Salaam...
New journalism curriculum for Somali National University
By Enoch Sithole: -Journalism education at the Somali National University (SNU) will benefit from a new curriculum from March, this year, thanks to...
J-students win support for innovative projects under new Youth Media Literacy training project
By Siphiwe Mohamed: -Internews has partnered with the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at the University of Eswatini (UNESWA),...
West Africa to discuss post-Covid-19 journalism education
By Enoch Sithole: -West African journalism educators, journalists, journalism students, postdoctoral researchers and other media professionals will...
TikTok in the New Newsroom
By Kemiso Wessie: -The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released a report in 2016 that stated more than half of Internet users turned...
East Africa reflects on journalism education
By: Enoch Sithole- Media organizations the world over are employing various strategies, including cutting costs, improving revenue and...
Teaching for AI in the newsroom
By: Kemiso Wessie- The increased use of AI in creative arts like painting, singing and writing, as shown on social media platforms, has sparked many...
‘SA community newspapers on path to recovery’
By Enoch Sithole: -The 2021 South African State of the Newsroom report has been released with a strong focus on how community media and...
Educators from Ethiopia and Somalia visit Rwanda
By Zelalem Tesfaye and Fitih Alemu: -Journalism educators from Ethiopia and Somalia visited Rwanda for an experience-sharing tour in early November...
Interrogating ‘excellence’ in journalism education in Africa
By Alan Finlay: -What counts as “excellence” in journalism training and education in Africa? This is the question at the heart of the second...
Nigerian veteran journalists learn new skills
By Enoch Sithole: -Nigerian veteran journalists now have the opportunity to learn new skills that will enable them to work comfortably in the...
Climate reporting and the j-school
By Kemiso Wessie & Enoch Sithole: -It has been two weeks since COP27, the United Nations’ 27th annual climate change conference held in Sharm...
Fojo launches master’s course in media and democracy
By Kemiso Wessie: -Independent Swedish media development agency Fojo Media Institute at Linnaeus University is launching a new master’s course on...