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Let’s rethink journalism education – Wasserman

By Enoch Sithole: Renowned media scholar, Professor Herman Wasserman, has been appointed Chair of the Stellenbosch University Department of...

African media researchers are connected!

By Enoch Sithole: African media and communication researchers now have a digital platform where they can share their work, thanks to the...

Kenyan media not different from western media – scholar

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...

Journalists urged to prioritise ethical journalism

The Liberian media has been urged to prioritise ethical journalism which, according to the leader of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP), Dr Daniel...

Concern over threats to media freedom in Southern Africa

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has written a letter to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to express concerns on...

University of Pretoria launches Media Think Tank

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has established the Media Leadership Think Tank, which it said was...

Not yet uhuru for journalists and media in Africa

Media freedom is still a dream in several African countries as authorities continue to detain journalists and order the shutting down of newspapers,...

Investigative journalism conference in five cities

The 17th annual African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) will be held from 11 to 15 October, with three full days of conferencing (October...

Database of independent digital media

Jamlab is looking to build a media database, where it will list established independent digital journalism and media organisations or platforms in...

Join Jamfest for a feast of media innovation

Wits Journalism’s Jamlab will be hosting the inaugural Jamfest, an African media and information festival directed at a diverse set of African media...

Dr Olaiya to boost communication scholarship in Nigeria

The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program has awarded Anderson University College of Arts and Sciences professor of English, Dr. Kalawole...

Zambia and Mozambique go in different directions on media freedom

While Zambia has been promised an improvement in freedom of expression and media freedom, neighbouring Mozambique seems to be going in the opposite...

Does the media represent diversity?

University of Pretoria vice-chancellor, Prof Tawana Kupe, has thrown the cat among the pigeons, questioning whether the media represented diversity...