Africa’s media is under siege
CHURCHILL OTIENO THREE issues stand out for us as we mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, whose theme is
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MEDIA FREEDOM
World Press Freedom faces a perfect storm
FARHANA HAQUE RAHMAN THE UN will be commemorating World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The following article is part
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Misogynistic online abuse poses major threat to women journalists
TARA CAREY THE writer is Head of Media at the international women’s rights organisation Equality Now The UN will be commemorating
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From message to violence: what to watch for in the media ahead of Kenya’s elections
AS Kenya heads towards elections, concerns about the outbreak of electoral violence tend to rise. Existing research has offered several
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Journalism has changed. Education must reflect the reality
FOR more than a century, journalism education prepared young people for the role of full-time professionals employed by sizeable news
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Saving journalism: views on how to pay for reliable information
JOURNALISM globally faces a sustainability crisis. It largely stems from declining advertising revenue, loss of revenue to technology giants, control
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Egyptian activist Abdel Fattah jailed for five years
PROMINENT Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, a judicial source said, after
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‘Free People, Free Media’: Poles protest against media law
PROTESTERS who gathered in several cities on Sunday urged Poland’s president to veto a media law they and other critics
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Ethiopia detains three journalists for ‘promoting terrorism’
A freelance video journalist accredited to the Associated Press and two other local journalists have been detained in Ethiopia, according
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Egyptian opposition activist’s phone hacked
THE phone of a prominent Egyptian opposition figure in exile was hacked by two separate pieces of government-operated spyware, according
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