This is the age we live in, and it is crucial that fact-checkers be in place to help media consumers guard against falsehoods.
- Associate Professor in Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
For democracy to work, the press has to be free.
The lack of in-depth coverage of the southern African floods tell a grim picture of the state of South Africa’s newsrooms.
The transition to digital media is messy, and sometimes bloody – and beat journalism is among the victims.
On the Serena Williams cartoon – and how the UK phone hacking scandal led to a media crackdown in South Africa
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The news of Mark Knight's Serena Williams cartoon broke while we were at a conference in South Africa. We showed it to some local academics to gauge their reactions. And journalist and researcher Glenda Daniels explains how the African National Congress government reacted to the UK phone hacking scandal.
Press freedom has changed little in the past decade. If the African Union is to commit to the principles of democracy, it needs to do more to uphold freedom of expression and protects its journalists.
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