Community radio: young South Africans are helping shape the news through social media
Radio stations have embraced social media apps and are actively using them to shape content.
#StopOnlineViolenceAgainstWomenJourno’s: Culton Scovia Nakamya
In a vicious game to scorn and discredit African women journalists, award-winning Ugandan journalist and women’s rights advocate Culton Scovia Nakamya says gender and even tribe become fair game for online trolls in their work to push women journalists to self-censor.
African digital media undervalued
The idea that South Africa does not have capacity or knowledge is a myth. That is according to South African born biotech billionaire Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong.
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.
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.