“In this context, where a few platforms significantly determine access to information, markets, cultural visibility, and even ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ), Fojo Media Institute and Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (AKU-GSMC) are jointly supporting the development of the Africa ...

The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), in proud partnership with Sanlam, invites nominations and entries for the prestigious Nat Nakasa Awards for Courageous Journalism 2026. At a time ...

The Shadow Fleet, an investigation by Malawian journalist and 2025 AIJC Masterclass fellow Jack McBrams, has been recognised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network as one of the top ...

AI chatbots are also emerging as an alternative news source, with 12% of younger audiences in our global sample using them to get information about current event South Africa has one of the highest ...

Earlier this year, the Wits Centre for Journalism conducted a baseline survey into the safety of local and community journalists in Southern and East Africa. Led by WCJ lecturer Dr Nechama Brodie with ...

After being shortlisted for the National Arts and Culture Awards in the Outstanding Book, Non-Fiction category, the Wits Centre for Journalism is proud to report that PhD candidate Lebogang Seale’s ...

All South African and South African-based journalists are invited to submit entries for the 2025 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism. The award recognises outstanding examples of ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism and African Women in Media recently hosted a webinar exploring the debates, best practices and ethical roadmaps for deploying artificial intelligence in African ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) and Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, amplifying a common goal in working to ...

Podcasts are an excellent way to stay up-to-date with current affairs and the discourse around them. Here are five African podcasts that offer conversational style insight and interviews into the ...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) turns 30 this year: for this child of South Africa’s broadcasting reform moment in the mid-1990s, there is much to be proud of. Broadcasting itself goes ...