The Craft

“Sadly, some units of investigative journalism appear to have become involved in political factions, which enabled the loss of credibility for journalism as a whole.”

Zubeida told me she was working on an important story and I knew from that moment that I wanted to carry that amount of dedication and commitment to journalism and to shaping the conversations needed in order to transform society.

Voices of poor majority either ignored or made functional to dominant narrative

Growth in number of black women in leadership positions in the media industry

Tashreeq Truebody [intro]Icasa needs to be stopped from interdicting radio stations. We will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that government does well on its promises made to the community media sector.[/intro] South Africa’s communications regulatory body is on a drive to close down several community radio stations. It claims to be driven by efforts to ensure compliance in the sector and the affected stations are guilty of operating without the required licenses. From the onset, it should...

[intro]Is cyber-misogyny the new frontier for the embarrassment and humiliation of the disenfranchised?[/intro] Have you ever thought about the possibility of appearing in pornographic films? Or posing as an online model for Internet users to undress you? What about receiving a video clip or photo on your social media profile and realising that the person in the clip is you? Perhaps you should. It’s more than possible. The reality of ‘deepfakes’ infiltrating every facet of your life has...

[intro]According to the Global Digital Yearbook of 2019, South Africans spent an average of eight hours a day connected online. That is the same amount of time we spend on a nine-to-five job. On average, we are awake for 16 hours a day and we choose to be glued to our screens for half of the time we are awake. Why is that? Digital media analysts from around the world help us delve into the consequences of our digital media habits.[/intro]...

Legacy of African media freedom giant lives on

Does media reflect a violent society, or does it play a role in perpetuating violence?

Let’s hand the pen to ourselves

[intro]One of the least enviable tasks of journalists in the US must be reporting on how the public trusts their work less and less. A 2018 study found that only about four in ten Americans had at least a “fair” amount of trust in the media. Also, in a June 2019 survey, a full third of respondents agreed with President Donald Trump that the news media are “the enemy of the people.”[/intro] The US isn’t unique in this respect. A study last year by the Reuters Institute and Oxford University...

Toxic Hypermasculinity and the portrayal of gendered roles in media

Ethiopian journalists face censored press

How should journalists report on this epidemic

Qaanitah Hunter wins Nat Nakasa award

Cybermisogyny is on the rise, we need to protect our children

R11 million worth of illegal DVDs destroyed in Cape Town and Durban

The portrayal of violence in our media bears a grim harvest and deserves to be treated accordingly

African regulators work together to harmonise the regulation of creative content

Huge strides have been made over the decades – but we’ve yet to cover enough distance.

“Accountability for these crimes is non-negotiable”

It is time we take seriously the call to clean up our own house and order of business

Protecting our children from harmful media experiences

3 December 1939 – 16 January 2019