[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: SABC3 has landed in hot water for not placing the correct age restriction on the All My Children soapie, reports IOL, and Lisa Hiemer, writing in journalism.co.za, reports on a new study that shows surprisingly strong investigative journalism in independent local papers in three provinces.
17 May 2013 07:26
Journalists are encouraged to enter the seventh annual
Taco Kuiper Award, which celebrates outstanding examples of investigative journalism published or broadcast by South African media.
29 Jan 2013 09:12
The closing date for South African entries into this year's
International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) HIV/AIDS Investigative Reporting Fellowships is 26 April 2012. The foundation, supported by the MAC Aids Fund, seeks 10 experienced South African journalists to participate an elite yearlong programme, administered by frayintermedia, which encourages innovative reporting on the epidemic.
13 Apr 2012 11:44
[Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal] The
Sunday Times is getting fat and dominates the Sunday print market, but that doesn't mean it can become complacent. Media24 knows a thing or two about the online space, and it has the resources to give Avusa a wake-up call.
3 Apr 2012 09:56
The
Media24 investigative journalism unit has launched a website to provide a consolidated home for stories that the investigative journalism team produces for a variety of its daily and Sunday newspaper titles. The site is also a place for whistle-blowers and others to share with tips and documents.
28 Feb 2012 09:30
Entries for the 2012
Taco Kuiper awards must be in by 2pm, Friday, 17 February 2012 for what is described as the richest prize in journalism for top investigative reporters. It is open to print or broadcast journalists or teams of journalists who can enter a single story or a series of related stories dealing with events and issues affecting South Africa, published or broadcast in 2011.
30 Jan 2012 12:02
Commenting on the decision of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to form an ad hoc committee on the
Protection of Information Bill, the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) welcomes the decision, saying now the NCOP now has an opportunity fully to consider the ways in which the bill fails our democracy and to remedy them. The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) adds its voice to the call to the NCOP.
25 Nov 2011 11:34
[Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal] "If you think we're going to curl up and die, think again." That's the strong message this country's top investigative journalists sent ANC MPs who voted in favour of the
Protection of Information Bill in Parliament. The local muckrakers said the bill was designed to intimidate whistleblowers and insider sources so as to make investigative journalism even tougher, if not more dangerous.
23 Nov 2011 10:29
Entries are now being accepted for the fifth annual
Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journalism, which celebrates outstanding examples of investigative journalism published or broadcast by South African media during the previous calendar year. Deadline is 2pm on Friday, 25 February 2011, with the award ceremony taking place on 15 April.
10 Feb 2011 11:44
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] SABC board shortlist nominee Govin Reddy's criticism of the SABC reporters late last week did not go down well in Auckland Park, the public broadcaster's headquarters in Johannesburg, where some people took it as an attempt to discredit and undermine the efforts of news staff doing their best under difficult circumstances.
24 Jan 2011 09:44
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Rocked by
mass editorial resignations and
allegations of iron-fist management and lack of logistics, which twice postponed its launch this year, and criticised for being an ANC-led government mouthpiece,
The New Age daily newspaper finally hit the newsstands yesterday, Monday, 6 December 2010. Editor Henry Jeffreys launched a scathing attack on the media for suggesting his publication is the New Agent, insisting it remains independent but supports the government of the day.
7 Dec 2010 09:54
[Daryl Ilbury] Much has been said in the media about the proposed ravages of the Protection of Information Bill; enough, I think I can safely say, to spread fear among those who truly cherish freedom of expression.
23 Aug 2010 13:28
[Herman Manson: @marklives] Andrew Trench, editor of the
Daily Dispatch, has resigned from the paper after being headhunted by Media24 to head up its investigative unit from 1 September 2010. He is tasked with getting the unit, which was set up last year, off the ground. Respected journalist Jacques Pauw, who led the unit at its launch, will focus on investigative stories rather than the management of the unit.
27 Jul 2010 11:34
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