News
Ajen publishes a monthly newsletter, called AJENda, to keep colleagues aware of changes to the journalism landscape in Africa from an academic, research and professional point of view.
Somalia: The most dangerous place for a journalist
By Kemiso Wessie: -As the world celebrated International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2 2022, Somali journalists...
Future of Journalism Education in Southern Africa conference 2022
By: Kemiso Wessie A conference on the Future of Journalism Education will take place in three countries in mid-November. The Covid-19 pandemic...
Tensions and opportunities of student media
By: Kemiso Wessie Journalism teaching usually goes beyond theory, and involves students creating work for publication, radio stations, television...
Journalism lagging behind in language decoloniality, scholars argue
By: Enoch Sithole Journalism educators from Mauritius, Ghana and South Africa concur that while media audiences in most African countries consume...
Ajen Roundtable on YouTube
If you weren’t able to attend our roundtable discussion on September 13th, find recordings of all of the panel discussions and the keynote address...
Ghana media educators oppose merger
By Kemiso Wessie: The Ghanaian government’s University of Media Arts and Communication (UMAC) Bill which seeks to merge three media and language...
African journalism in the spotlight at AJEN roundtable
By Enoch Sithole: Organisers have announced that Glasgow-based academic Dr Hayes Mabweazara will deliver the keynote address at the round table...
SACOMM tackles digital transformation and decolonisation
By Enoch Sithole: The role of digital technologies in communication dominated presentations and discussions at the SA Communication Association...
Unisa launches communication newsletter
By Enoch Sithole: The University of South Africa (Unisa) has launched a digital newsletter known as Communication Review, which is aimed at an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
East African scholars to discuss the role of media and communication during Covid-19
By Enoch Sithole: The impacts of the Covid pandemic will be at the centre of discussion when East African communicators gather at the Université...