Public trust in the media is at a new low: a radical rethink of journalism is needed
The panel concluded that the failures had caused great emotional and financial harm to the people concerned, their families and
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Protect Journalists, Protect the Truth
In the past fourteen years (2006-2019), close to 1,200 journalists have been killed for reporting the news and bringing information to the
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Nigerian considers social media regulation in wake of deadly shooting
NIGERIA’S information minister said “some form of regulation” could be imposed on social media just a week after protesters spread
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“Why journalism matters. The challenges have changed, but has its core purpose?”
PIPPA GREEN SOME four decades ago, the apartheid government closed down a major black daily, The World, and detained its
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New threats to media freedom come from unexpected directions
MEDIA Freedom Day in South Africa marks the anniversary of a brutal crackdown by the apartheid state on the media
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The media have muted the voices of women during COVID-19: can the tide be turned?
COVID-19 has distressed societies to the core. Among the fault lines, it has exposed is the fact that gender bias
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Media in Kenya up in arms over new curbs on media freedom
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE media industry in Kenya has raised serious concerns about new restrictions on media reporting of political
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Call for more access to information in Africa
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) has called on the 36 African countries that
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Amal Clooney quits UK envoy role over ‘lamentable’ international law breach
HUMAN rights lawyer Amal Clooney has quit her role as Britain’s special envoy on media freedom in protest at the
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How Burundi’s independent press lost its freedom
AIMÉ-JULES BIZIMANA, Professeur au Département des sciences sociales, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) OUMAR KANE, Professor of Communication Studies,
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