After Racial Change, a Gender Wall: Reuters Institute Fellowship Paper
South Africa’s newsrooms no longer look like they did under apartheid. By 2018, women made up 49% of staff across media houses, with big players such as Media24 (57%), Tiso Blackstar (54%), and the SABC (50%) reporting female-dominated workforces. The transformation by race has also been significant: black journalists now form the majority in most newsrooms.
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The Changing Economics of Journalism
Africa’s media industry is entering a period of rapid change as advertising, streaming, digital platforms and artificial intelligence reshape how audiences consume news and how media organisations generate revenue.
A recently published report projects that the global entertainment and media industry will reach US$4.2 trillion by 2030, driven by advertising, streaming, digital platforms and emerging technologies.
From building one newspaper to representing independent publishers
Making immigration safe for women
The growing effort to make health communication part of healthcare
SANEF calls for indigenous languages to have greater role in South African media
Rethinking harm caused by coverage of violence against women and girls
Glass ceiling has morphed into a cyber ceiling
From newcomer to overall winner at the Sanlam Group Financial Journalist of the Year
The Escalating Legal and Structural Threats Facing South African Media
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