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Somali women journalists boldly work in dangerous conditions
A Somali women-centred journalism association has made history by training fellow journalists in the city of Baidoa on how to cover the...
by Ntombi Mkandhla
Dec 12, 20193 min read
African journalists risk jail for the truth
In Africa, Egypt remains the worst offender when it comes to jailing journalists - and has topped the list for three years. This is...
by Ntombi Mkandhla
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Africa fact-checking grows amid challenges
“[Or], the governments don’t want to release the data because it will paint the ruling party or the sitting president in a bad light,” he sa
Ntombi Mkandhla
Dec 6, 20193 min read
Anas Anas: Undercover journalism is the sexiest job you can ever do on earth
Going undercover as a crown prince to negotiate with rebels armed to the teeth is just the tip of Mount Kilimanjaro as far as the daring...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 3, 20193 min read
Global Impunity Index 2019: Somalia tops the rankings
Somalia ranks as the top country with unresolved journalist killings according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) Global...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 2, 20192 min read
Anatomy of a Killing: A case study
Open source investigator at BBC Africa Eye Ben Strick says the important thing about The Anatomy of a Killing is that it shows the power...
Tebogo Gantsa
Nov 1, 20191 min read
Integrity and independence in a murky world
Deputy Reserve Bank Governor Kuben Naidoo spoke at the South African National Editors’ Forum function commemorating Black Wednesday held...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 23, 20192 min read
People's Archive of Rural India: Lifting the veil of invisibility
India's indigenous languages and ancient traditional skills are at risk of extinction, but it's not too late to save them. This is what...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 14, 20195 min read
5 things to do when you are being "sextorted"
Sexual abuses are in the headlines again, with West African universities rocked by the #SexForGrades expose and the #MeToo movement...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 10, 20192 min read
#JOURNOHEROES: Remembering Juby Mayet's TRC testimony
In September 1997 Juby Mayet testified at the special hearings for media at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The TRC...
Tebogo Gantsa
Oct 7, 20194 min read
FREE Media Freedom Course starts today
The media landscape is changing, and with these changes come new opportunities, but also new threats. While new online platforms offer...
frayintermedia
Oct 4, 20192 min read
Panos Institute Southern Africa announces new Executive Director
Vusumuzi Sifile has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) effective from October 1,...
frayintermedia
Oct 1, 20192 min read
TrueCaller: User privacy questions
An investigation into potential breach of privacy rights affecting almost seven million Nigerians by the TrueCaller mobile app is...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Are media organisations violating user privacy?
Gaps in Africa’s internet governance and online rights took centre stage at the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa. The event, which was...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 30, 20193 min read
Phathiswa Magopeni: It’s about remaining in tune with audience needs
Phathiswa Magopeni has a bold vision for South Africa's embattled public broadcaster - and for all other African news services. Magopeni...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 27, 20197 min read
Media revenue solutions for Africa
Africa’s media landscape has undergone substantial changes. These changes and how the industry and its revenue practices should adapt to...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 19, 20194 min read
Working to stamp out sexual harassment in Newsrooms
Sexual harassment is a major problem across Africa and globally. Now the WAN-IFRA’s Women In News programme is empowering newsrooms to...
Patience Shawawira
Sep 18, 20192 min read
Editor from Nigeria faces longer detention
Fears are mounting that authorities will detain Nigeria-based news site Cross River Watch's Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Agba Jalingo f
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 9, 20193 min read
Donor-funded journalism: The value of impact
According to Mia Malan, health journalism has always been a hard sell. Malan is editor-in-chief and executive director of Bhekisisa...
Tebogo Gantsa
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Guinea journalists under judicial control
Image: Libreopinionguinee.com The latest stringent judicial controls issued against two Guinean journalists is a form of illegal judicial...
Tebogo Gantsa
Aug 22, 20192 min read
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