Tag: journalism
Q&A: AU’s Musabayana on fixing media coverage of Africa climate issues
There have been grievances from a section of news consumers that journalists fail to communicate properly climate policy discourses to the public. In fact, many criticised the coverage of the Africa Climate Summit as full of jargons.
Weighing the future of Africa media: Experts' take
A binding instrument adopted in November 2019 obliges States in Africa to promote a conducive economic environment in which all media can flourish, including through the adoption of policies for the provision of financial or other public support for the sustainability of all media.
EA journalists brave threats to carry out their reporting
At least four journalists were killed since the year started while more are languishing in prisons across the region simply for doing their jobs
EA journalists brave threats to carry out their reporting
At least four journalists were killed since the year started while more are languishing in prisons across the region simply for doing their jobs
NEXT MOVE: I’m joining RTV, and here’s why I quit Royal FM job - Lumbasi
Jackie Lumbasi shares more on her next move and why she called it quits at her former station months ago. She maintains that her resignation was a personal choice.
LUMBASI: Gender card gets used against women in journalism, and that must change
The self-appointed president of the single ladies fraternity as she calls herself shares her experience in the job, future of journalism and why she can’t entertain the idea of marriage
AU media fellows hail Germany study trip
15 fellows selected among 800 applications from across Africa and the diaspora embarked on an international study trip to the city of Bonn and Berlin in Germany in mid-June as part of the year-long media fellowship programme jointly implemented by the AU and Germany Agency for International Cooperation...
How worried should you be about rising news fatigue?
Experts are worried that this trend, especially in young audiences, is a threat to political opinion building and the abilities to participate in the public discourse, hence undermines the basis of an informed society and democracy.
