Thirty years after Windhoek, what has really changed?
By Daniel Kalinaki in the Eastern Africa Journalism Review When 60 African journalists met in Windhoek in May 1991, they had many reasons to be optimistic about media freedom on …
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Constitutional Court annuls sections of Anti-Pornography law
By Kukunda Judith and Ephraim Kasozi The Constitutional Court has quashed the offense of pornography and other sections of the Anti-Pornography Act that were previously giving powers to the Pornography …
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COVID: media must rise above pitting scientists against each other – dealing with the pandemic requires nuance
Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford and Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford At the start of the pandemic, there was a striking sense of shared resolve and solidarity. Facing a public …
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Are we losing professional journalism practice to social media and moonlighting?
By Ivan N Baliboola It is increasingly becoming difficult to find journalists living up to their expectations in Uganda. Professional practice anywhere builds on serving the public using a substantial …
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Sexual harassment is rife in many African media workplaces
Lindsey Blumell, City, University of London and Dinfin Mulupi, University of Maryland Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has …
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Conditional award of contracts in Uganda oil industry: Here’s what journalists should look out for
How ready are the local entities in meeting the standards of the oil industry? How are foreign companies, with their financial muscle, likely to exploit loopholes to win most of …
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False story about decuplets was a low point for journalism: how to fix the damage
Franz Krüger, University of the Witwatersrand It is difficult to imagine a bigger journalistic disaster than the recent decuplets story by Pretoria News, based in South Africa’s capital city. But …
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Punitive laws are failing to curb misinformation in Africa. Time for a rethink
Peter Cunliffe-Jones, University of Westminster; Alan Finlay, University of the Witwatersrand, and Anya Schiffrin Misinformation, best understood as false or misleading information whether or not it was intended to mislead, …
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