Countering the Sparrow narrative just a cell phone away
The Craft
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When we train journalists we give them the tools to understand this ‘axis of human striving’ and to understand their role in the creation of an ‘ethical society’.
Each month The Journalist will feature Mini Master Classes and articles in The Craft section. These online tutorials and opinion pieces are based on the experiences of renowned Journalists.
If you have ideas for topics you would like to see in The Craft section or need help with an area of Journalism, let us know. The Journalist has a team whose combined experiences cover digital media, print, broadcast and filmmaking. But ultimately we are seasoned Storytellers who would like to ensure that the next generation of media men and women do the South African story justice. Anything less is a human rights violation.
Jonathan Jansen in the eyes of Volksblad readers
Call on newspaper to rise to the occasion
Cape Journalist part of setting an international precedent
Israeli commanders face arrest
In search of the truth
Investigative journalist’s fearless pursuit of justice
Engender TV Magazine
Examining how the media represents women
JMSIG Roundtable
Questioning the media-democracy relationship
Veteran journalists to launch their books
Malala, Haffejee and Matisonn add to the SA narrative
So you want to be a journalist?
First loyalty is to the people
The PW tweet and the ongoing fallout
Postings can damage trust in journalists
UNESCO calls for end to impunity for crimes against journalists
Events in several Cities on 2 November
Knight’s theory of bedtime conditioning
In our language, to understand means to feel – Konstantin Stanislavsky
AU Media Awards
October 31st deadline for documentaries
Bennie Bunsee: The man with 50 000 books
“I will honour your memory”
Expose yourself on TV (Part 3)
“You’ve got to be you”
Expose yourself on TV (Part Two)
Speak from the heart
Why you should expose yourself on TV (Part 1)
Make the information personal
Tim Knight’s series of Master Classes
Write Like You Speak
Tim Knight’s series of Master Classes
South Africa: Approaching a Moment of Reckoning
Address by Professor Adam Habib at the Awards Ceremony
Seventh Annual Ubuntu Lecture and Dialogue Awards Ceremony
Turquoise Harmony Institute Awards 2015
The Journalist Publisher honoured with Media Award
The Curse of the MAMCWWM
A history that still poisons TV News
Screw the Inverted Pyramid
21st Century Storytelling demands we ditch the old rules
Storytelling is Magic
It seems to be bred in the bone, part of our genes
Opinion: Media Tribunal Unconstitutional
But Moegsien Williams says we might need ‘tougher measures’
Writing News Stories: Six Honest Serving Men
Master the Basics
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