African Centre for Media Excellence
Inspiring excellent journalism across Africa
Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash. Jared Obuya, Moi University In Kenya, there’s growing debate about media accountability – that the media should act in the interests of the public good, …
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Photo by unsplash-logoBenjamin Dada Jennifer Ellen Good, Brock University From fictitious organizations posting polarizing messages on Facebook to robustly researched news stories being labelled “fake,” the pervasive power and importance …
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Science journalism and investigative journalism which seek to pursue the truth rather than just the reporting of events, are critically important in this age of fake news and fallacies.
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The media is a prism through which society sees itself. It shapes what we think about, what we believe and what we do. So when gender imbalance exists in the news media, these same imbalances often play out in society, leaving room for gender stereotypes, pay gaps and sexual harassment.
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George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it. And where regulation fails, …
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BY JACOBS ODONGO SEAMAN On Friday, 15 February, Dr Stella Nyanzi appeared before Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court for a ruling in which she had sought to stop her trial …
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This article was first published by African Free Press, a publication of Media Institute of Southern Africa. It is based on a body of work developed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of …
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Dr Admire Mare, Namibia University of Science and Technology and Dumisani Moyo, University of Johannesburg New digital technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp have significantly shaped news production, …
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