A couple of weeks ago, South Africa’s national broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would be retrenching staff across its departments. The news was met with internal and public outcry as a video of one of the broadcaster’s celebrated anchors, Chriselda Lewis, went viral. But the national broadcaster has long been…
The birth of the fourth industrial revolution has meant that newsrooms, globally, have had to consider the future of news on a daily basis. As much as new technologies have presented media practitioners with new modes of storytelling, the rate at which new tech grows and emerges has also proven intimidating for some. Where…
Take away infrastructure deficits, costs or lack of digital skills and the fear of technology ranks top among reasons why potential users dismiss or are hesitant about its adoption. Perhaps the media is to blame, films like The Matrix or more recently, Netflix’s The Social Dilemma that have us questioning what we really know about……...
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This study was supported by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication. Click here to download the full report: Impact of COVID19 on East African Women Journalists EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The threat posed by coronavirus has propelled journalists to the frontline as information purveyors to a world struggling to come to terms with the pandemic……...
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For Immediate Release Lagos, Nigeria, 02 November 2020 – African Women in Media (AWiM), in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), International Labour Migration (ILO) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), under the Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP), have launched the Labour Migration Media Awards on 2nd November 2020. With labour migration becoming an…
As we think about the safety of journalists, let us also consider the risks of sexual harassment and abuse that women journalists encounter at work. More than six months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, we remain in a state of uncertainty grappling with the loss…
As a teenager living in the U.S, I was frequently asked if I owned a camel back at home, how come my English was so good and why my mother wears a scarf over her head. I’d explain that I don’t own a camel because I was raised in the city, my English is…
The novel Coronavirus global pandemic has ingrained itself into every sphere of society, forcing us to shift our focus away from life as we knew it and find new ways to preserve and define what is essential. During this period, we have had to adapt to new methods of existence as we come to accept…
Women-led businesses and entrepreneurs grapple with several challenges that constrain their growth and profitability. But a woman-led public relations firm is paying it forward and offering a complimentary mentorship programme to women-led and owned tech startups in Africa. Headquartered in the concrete jungle of New York, C Moore Media is the brains behind the……...
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When, in August 2020, celebrated actor Chadwick Boseman succumbed to a four-year battle with colon cancer, the loss was felt globally. A few days after the launch of his final screen performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020), colleagues and friends continue to bear testimony to Boseman’s upstanding character. This year has been one…
Last year I was fortunate enough to join the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU), as Editorial Consultant on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) Commemorative Book titled She Stands for Peace: 20 Years, 20 Journeys. The process entailed documenting the stories of 20…
Deadline: 18 September 2020 As part of the Investigative Journalism for Europe Fund (IJ4EU), the EJC is providing grants of up to €10,000 for teams of freelance journalists/news organisations who need additional financial support to finalise and publish cross-border investigations that are already in progress. The scheme is open to any team composition and investigations…
