Churnalism: Have journalists given up their role to PR firms?
In the race for online eyeballs, the cardinal rule is that whoever publishes a story first gains an upper hand. Add to this the nature and operating style of many …
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Media reporting on mental illness, violence and crime needs to change
Anna Ross, University of Melbourne; Elizabeth Paton, University of Newcastle, and Michelle Blanchard, University of Melbourne The media is a key source of information about mental illness for the public, …
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Media-only election campaigns likely to leave many Ugandans under-informed, study shows
Photo credit: Afrobarometer NEWS RELEASE: Media-only election campaigns proposed to avoid mass rallies during the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to leave many Ugandans under-informed, a new analysis of Afrobarometer survey …
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Polls provide a snapshot of opinion; remember that
The results of the opinion poll by Research World International (RWI) have predictably provoked debate (and in some cases anger and outrage) not only about the accuracy of the results, …
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To take their audience to the scene, journalists must pay attention and take notes
By Julius Mucunguzi There are four skill sets that are slowly but surely dying today: listening, taking notes, remembering, and doing simple arithmetic or what our primary school teachers called …
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Death by Covid-19, a eulogy for journalism as we knew it
By David Lumu It had been coming for many years. But the Covid-19 pandemic put a fine point on the impending Armageddon that hovers over the horizon of good old …
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Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa
Ludek Stavinoha, University of East Anglia As COVID-19 becomes the most intensely covered virus in history, there are important lessons to be drawn from the media’s reporting of another global …
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The future may be digital, but content will still be key
A lot has been written about the credible claim that the future of media is digital. Sadly we still appear to be paying more attention to the medium than to …
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