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Survey: Teaching climate change coverage as a part of journalism education in Africa and Europe

This survey is a joint endeavour of the African Journalism Educators Network (AJEN), the Afro Media Network and the European...

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...

Handbook of Media and Communication Governance

Edited by Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell and Hilde Van den Bulck This state-of-the-art Handbook provides unique insights into the governance...

Rethinking Khoe and San Indigeneity, Language and Culture in Southern Africa

Edited By Julie Grant, Keyan G. Tomaselli The San (hunter- gatherers) and Khoe (herders) of southern Africa were dispossessed of...

Data Journalism and the COVID-19 Disruption

Edited by Jingrong Tong Bringing together insights into current developments in data journalism during (and since the onset of) the...

An Anthology of African Cultural Studies, Volume II Directions

Edited by Handel Kashope Wright & Keyan G. Tomaselli This volume focuses on the directions that African cultural studies has...

An Anthology of African Cultural Studies, Volume I Groundings

Edited By Keyan G. Tomaselli, Handel Kashope Wright This volume provides an overview of fundamental or ‘grounding’ themes in African Cultural...

Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries in Africa: From Culture as a Commodity to Culture as Praxis

Author: Last MoyoPublisher: Palgrave McMillan (London/ New York)Year of Publication: 2024SummaryThis book argues for the reconstitution of the cultural in...

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:...

New Book Alert: Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society

Digital Media and the Preservation of Indigenous Languages in Africa: Toward a Digitalized and Sustainable Society by Fulufhelo Oscar Makananise,...

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...

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...