AJEN Roundtable: Rising Through the Tide of Media and Planet in Crisis
By Enock Sithole and Margaret Jjuuko The African Journalism Educators’ Network (Ajen) brings together colleagues from across sub-Saharan Africa in...
Global topic, global reporting? Climate reporting in African countries and countries of the Global North
by Merle van Berkum Climate change is one of the key crises of our time, but its complexity often makes...
Adoption of the Declaration on African Journalism Education in the works
By Enock Sithole Following the Rhodes University Journalism Summit held in April this year, work to adopt the Makhanda Declaration...
Digital editors: AI in the media landscape
by Kyra Usielski Artificial intelligence (AI) has already firmly established itself in our everyday lives and also in editorial offices...
E-Learning as an opportunity for journalist training in Africa?
by Michel Leroy & Sara Namusoga-Kaale How can we improve our digital teaching and its impact? This question was the...
Digital Witnesses to the Crime: Visual Narratives of the Bucha Tragedy
by Oleksandra Yaroshenko On March 29, 2022, more than a month after the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine,...
Gender inequality in newsroom management: Challenges in the global journalism environment
by Sandra Lábova In today’s world, where information flows faster than ever before, editorial leadership plays a critical role in...
Zimbabwe Journalism Educators Network launches in June
Organisers are excited to announce the launch of the Zimbabwe Journalism Educators Network (ZIJEN) on 14 June 2024 at Great...
Seychelles includes indigenous language in journalism education
By Enock Sithole The newly established journalism programme at the University of Seychelles is leading the way in teaching journalism...
Environmental investigative journalism in the spotlight in Mozambique conference
By Enock Sithole Media academics, journalists, researchers and students from across the African continent and the Americas will meet in...
One day conference: Disinformation effects on minority and minoritized languages
DISINFORMATION EFFECTS ON MINORITY AND MINORITIZED LANGUAGES: Diagnosing the Problem, Identifying Solutions, Creating Knowledge Networks When: July 1st, 2024 Where:...
Minimum consensus or overblocking? How justified is the criticism of the European Media Freedom Act?
Press freedom is not the same everywhere in Europe. In an attempt to establish EU-wide standards for press freedom, the...
‘World News’ without the rest of the world: The marginalisation of the Global South in the USA's most widely covered news programme
In 2022, just around 3 per cent of the airtime of the most widely covered US news programme, ABC World...
UNESCO initiative boosts journalism education in Africa
By Enock Sithole A UNESCO initiative to strengthen journalism education in Africa has seen more than 735 journalism students, 556...
World Press Freedom Day celebrated through a range of themes in Africa
By Enock Sithole The World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), on May 3 was celebrated through various themes in different countries...
Tackling election mis- and disinformation
By Kemiso Wessie The digital and online realm has emerged as a battleground fraught with deep fake content generated by...
Shot in the arm for journalism, media and communication research
By Enock SitholeResearch in journalism, media and communication is about to get a shot in the arm following the launching...
Media and Communication Theory in Africa
“Media and Communication Theory in Africa” by Nelson Okorie “Media and Communication Theory in Africa” by Nelson Okorie is an...
Jean-Marie Charon: ‘Young journalists develop doubts very early on’
by Laurie Chappatte Young journalists are often torn between their passion for their profession and the challenges it presents. Illustration...
Journalism students see an industry in crisis. It’s time to talk about it
The 7 challenges facing the media in the face of artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) promises a profound transformation of...