fraycollege launches Inaugural Occupational Certificate – a South African first
The fraycollege occupational certificate in journalism that launched on February 14 deals with the needs of a sector in disruption, said fraycollege CEO Paula Fray.
#FaveOfTheWeek: Mukami Wambora
Meet award-winning Kenyan sports journalist Mukami Wambora, an advocate who is so passionate about sports she left legal work to pursue a career in sport journalism.
New forms of advertising raise questions about journalism integrity
Mainstream news media outlets have, in recent years, begun to create advertisements that look like news articles on their websites and on social media. My research raises questions about whether this modern form of advertising might influence those outlets’ real journalism.
Botswana media opposition leads to law rewrite
The Botswana government has amended the controversial Criminal Procedure and Evidence (Controlled Investigation) Bill which is legislation journalists feared would muzzle free speech and tighten the vice on the press.
Women and non-conforming media professionals most vulnerable to sexual harassment
Women and gender non-conforming media professionals remain the most vulnerable to sexual harassment in the workplace as they are three and a half times more likely to experience harassment than men.
Local journalism and audience engagement to drive growth in 2022
In 2021 African journalists faced several challenges such as arbitrary attacks and arrests, increased digital proliferation and disinformation.