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Tag: Journalism ethics

Media analysis / News

Public trust in the media is at a new low: a radical rethink of journalism is needed

February 23, 2021 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town 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 …

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News / Press freedom

The media often conflates malicious criticism with genuine critique: why it shouldn’t

July 2, 2020 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Julie Reid, University of South Africa This is an edited extract from Tell Our Story: Multiplying Voices in the News Media by Dale McKinley and Julie Reid. “If journalism is …

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Media ethics, safety and mental health: Reporting in the time of COVID-19

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

This article was first published by the Ethical Journalism Network on March 18, 2020. By Hannah Storm, EJN Director For much of the past decade, I have worked in journalism …

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Coronavirus is a huge story, so journalists must apply the highest ethical standards in how they tell it

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Denis Muller, University of Melbourne From an ethical perspective, covering the coronavirus story is really hard to do well. The reason for this lies in an inherent conflict between two …

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MPs want stronger law for media to protect identities of sexual violence survivors

March 7, 2019July 4, 2019 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

A select parliamentary committee constituted to investigate allegations of sexual violence in Uganda’s schools, colleges and universities has recommended strict legal measures to ensure survivors of sexual violence are protected by the media.

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Why photographs of dead in Nairobi terror attack failed journalism — and dishonoured victims

January 21, 2019 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire An article by the New York Times on the Riverside terrorist attacks in Nairobi has provoked fury and consternation in Kenya. The article features …

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Media Monitoring / News

Journalists in ethical quandary over free goodies from government

October 31, 2014December 29, 2014 - by Harriet Anena - 3 Comments.

You are a journalist and government has decided to give you 40 iron sheets. Would you accept them? That is the question being asked and debated in the northern Ugandan …

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Did the Amendment of Public Finance Management Act 2015 Erode Uganda’s Fiscal Discipline in Oil and Gas Sector
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