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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.
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...
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,...