The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), in partnership with Sanlam, is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the prestigious Nat Nakasa Awards for Courageous Journalism 2025.

The Wits Centre for Journalism’s African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) is offering grants to journalists to investigate health issues in seven African countries: Zimbabwe, Botswana, ...

Wits Centre for Journalism lecturers, project heads and fellows have recently contributed to important research in the field through book chapters and prominent reports. Here are a few highlights: • ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism, together with DefendDefenders, Magamba Network and Fojo Media, hosted a powerful five-day training session in Lusaka, Zambia at the beginning of June to strengthen the ...

Misinformation and disinformation are not only a threat to democracy, but a direct threat to the sustainability of credible news media, say media watchdog groups during a panel discussion on mis- and ...

Five innovative media startups from Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe have received funding to launch climate justice media projects through the inaugural Green Media Accelerator (GMA) bootcamp.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Sisanda Nkoala, University of the Western Cape; Christina Chan-Meetoo, University of ...

Postdoctoral fellow at the Wits Centre for Journalism, Dr Job Mwaura, has been awarded the prestigious African Peace Network Individual Research Fellowship (APN-IRF) by the Social Science Research ...

“In the first few days of my time at the Wits Centre for Journalism, I made a promise to myself: to do the things that made me scared.” For journalist Ruby Delahunt, stepping out of her comfort zone ...

By Prinola Govenden, University of Johannesburg In 1992, two years before the end of apartheid, Nelson Mandela bemoaned the state of South Africa’s print media. He said the media’s domination by ...

A series of ‘platform resets’ create new uncertainties for publishers as audiences worry about AI and misinformation. The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its Digital News ...

This handbook is designed for journalists, editors, and anyone working in a newsroom. It provides an introduction and guide to responsible and ethical practices for reporting on stories that involve ...