The Journalist is a groundbreaking media project providing history and context for key issues facing South African journalists.
World press freedom day edition
Press Freedom: from State control and ideological strait-jackets
In May 2021 we will celebrate the Windhoek Declaration on the free press. What is its relevance today?
It is going to take new and expanded forms of plurality in all media forms including contesting public broadcasters so that they genuinely are not just platforms of the state and campaigns…
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