False story about decuplets was a low point for journalism: how to fix the damage: South Africa's Pretoria News didn't dress itself in glory with its false decuplets story. This picture was taken following Nelson Mandela's death in 2013. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It is difficult to imagine a bigger journalistic disaster than the recent decuplets …
Hongkongers mourn closure of Apple Daily and fear for the future of independent journalism: Hongkongers had barely dried their tears over the forced closure of Apple Daily, a populist, sometimes bawdy, always staunchly pro-democracy daily launched as the “Hong Kong people’s newspaper” in 1995, when more bad news dropped for the city’s once-vaunted press freedom. …
GB News: production teething troubles – but success will depend on quality of the journalism: Launching a new broadcast news network is fraught with difficulty. Kirsty O'Connor/PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Launch night on the UK’s latest broadcast news network, GB News, was a rough night to be a sound operator. The much-trailed channel …
South Africa in the news: SANEF: Action plan to be drawn up to work towards ethical journalism that serves the public interest: In the wake of the release of an independent inquiry into media credibility and ethics earlier this year, the media fraternity at the weekend committed to coming up with an action plan to …
South Africa in the news: Nation Media Group shines at Annual Journalism Excellence Awards: Beatrice Kangai is the Journalist of the Year for her investigative story, “Smuggled from Nairobi to Johannesburg”.: “South Africa” – BingNews G7 ministers unite against erosions of international law: LONDON, May 5 — The foreign ministers of G7 countries on Tuesday …
Universities in Nigeria must rethink how journalism is taught: A student going through his work at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Changes in the journalism profession have made journalism education challenging. For instance, the growth of the internet has given everyone the ability to generate and distribute information. This includes news materials …
Future of journalism: study explains why some new stories get more clicks from social media than others: To click or not to click? Hadrian via Shutterstock Few industries have suffered more disruption from the internet than the news media. Over two decades or more, journalism has been hit by a “perfect storm” due to the …
South Africa in the news: Karima Brown, tiger of SA journalism, dies of Covid-19: Veteran journalist and political analyst Karima Brown has passed away aged 53. In a career that saw her occupy a number of top posts in SA media, Brown was never far from controversy. But neither did …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Journalism: digital giants paying for content is good news, but will it support local press?: Local stories often find their way into national papers. Andrew J Shearer via Shutterstock That the internet has all but destroyed the business model that has always supported journalism is not news. But what has made the news around the …
Public trust in the media is at a new low: a radical rethink of journalism is needed: EFE-EPA/Kim Ludbrook A recent report by an independent panel on the ethics and credibility of South Africa’s news media makes for worrying reading. The panel, headed by retired judge Kathy Satchwell, was commissioned by the South African National …
News UK TV and GB News: new channels stoke fears of more partisan journalism: The imminent arrival of two new current affairs channels is fuelling heated debate about the future direction of broadcast journalism in the UK. GB News is chaired by former newspaper editor and BBC presenter Andrew Neil, and funded by a range …
Finally there might be some good news about UK journalism: Can news survive the digital revolution? Syda Productions via Shutterstock It has been a long time coming, but the UK’s ailing news industry may finally be on the verge of structural change that could help slow, or maybe even reverse, the more than decade-long economic …
Prof Sir Paul Curran Award for Excellence in Academic Journalism 2020 goes to Connor Bamford: Dr Connor Bamford, a Wellcome Research Fellow in virology and antiviral immunity. Years after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, will we look back and recall where we were when we first considered a virus that was claiming lives and terrifying …
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How ‘hyperlocal’ journalism can restore trust in the media: Shutterstock/TeroVesalainen It is a critical time for public interest journalism. Trust in the mainstream media is a major problem as fake news spreads unabated on social networks. One of the key issues is the disappearance of local newspapers which could prove to be “catastrophic” for some …
Harold Evans was a titan among the greats of British journalism: Among the select band of truly great editors who have led British newspapers with sovereign authority, Harold Evans – who has passed away, aged 92 – stood out as a titan. The working-class boy who left his local state school at the age of …
Journalism makes blunders but still feeds democracy: an insider’s view: The Sunday Times, South Africa's largest weekend newspaper, was used to spread disinformation. Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images Anton Harber, the veteran South African journalist, editor and journalism professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, has a new book out. So, For the Record: Behind …
South Africa in the news: Isa Funtua cannot symbolise Nigerian journalism: Twice as a columnist, in 2011 and 2015, I endorsed the candidature of General Muhammadu Buhari for the presidency, strongly believing he offered us a chance to reinvent ourselves. Following his …: “South Africa” – BingNews Rahul Dravid highlights impact of COVID-19 on Indian …