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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.
Audio Amplified: Radio Days Africa conference
Wits Radio Academy will be presenting the Radio Days Africa 2021 conference, starting on 5 July and taking place over 10 days, under the theme...
Corruption in Malawi newsrooms
Malawi has launched its first edition of the State of the Newsroom report. The State of the Newsroom is an annual report that has been published by...
Sustainable journalism concept takes off
Journalism academics from Sweden and South Africa are hard at work researching and developing a new concept of sustainable journalism. A...
Africa-US Journalism and Media Networking and Academic Forum
The African Centre for the Study of the US at the University of the Witwatersrand University is convening a two-day exploratory forum on 26-27 May...
Shot in the arm for reporting on gender equality in Mozambique
Arild Drivdal, Senior Technical Adviser at Associação h2n, writes about a new project to boost reporting on gender issues and women empowerment in...
Mozambique Mídia Lab responds to investigative journalism needs at the local level
Associação Mídia Lab (ML) is an independent Mozambican non-governmental organisation focused on journalism training and media development,...
Paris’ Journalism School to launch Arabic journalism training in Morocco
The oldest school of journalism, the Paris Journalism School, has chosen Morocco to open its first online distance-learning in journalism and...
The Gender Divides of Mauritian Society: Re-appropriating the Empowerment and Citizenship Discourse
Mauritius is perceived as a model of economic success in the region, Christina Chan-Meetoo, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, Head of...
Highway Africa summit returns
The Highway Africa (HA) summit is set to return after a “short hiatus to take a deep dive into the future of African media and journalism, which...
East Africa moves up a gear in media and communication research
The Uganda Christian University (UCU) and the University of Rwanda (UR) are set to catapult media and communication research in East Africa,...
Investigative journalism: hubs step up to the plate
A mapping study into investigative journalism hubs in sub-Saharan Africa is set to be released and is expected to reveal a growing trend where the...
Ethnic divisions rule Ethiopian media
Ethiopia’s ethnic divisions are finding their way into the media, resulting in news content that could exacerbate ethnic conflicts. Addis Ababa...
African educators network to be established
Efforts are under way to a establish a network of journalism educators for the African continent. Spearheaded by South Africa’s University of the...
Mapping study on journalism training in Africa to be launched
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), working with the Fojo Media Institute (Linnaeus University, Sweden), plans to launch a mapping study of...
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