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Image supplied. The national winners of the 2023 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

The 2023 national Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards winners

Source: © 123rf The volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversation on X (formerly Twitter) in South Africa has increased

62% increase in volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversations on X in SA

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Triple Eight wins Assegai Zinthatu award and campaign awards for Cadbury

Triple Eight Triple Eight wins Assegai Zinthatu award and campaign awards for Cadbury

Keeping it real

TDMC Keeping it real

Dentsu soars with Scopen

Dentsu Dentsu soars with Scopen

Agency of the Year double double for Levergy

Levergy Agency of the Year double double for Levergy

Black Friday media coverage 2023

Meltwater Black Friday media coverage 2023

Source: © 123rf The volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversation on X (formerly Twitter) in South Africa has increased

62% increase in volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversations on X in SA

30 Nov 2023

Source: © Wan-ifra Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of the journalists and media workers killed in the Hamas-Israeli conflict since 7 October

Artist honours journalists and media workers killed in Hamas-Israeli conflict

28 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf TrustList is a home-grown new digital initiative that aims to protect media buyers and brands by providing real-time warnings against placing programmatic advertising on 'red-listed' online media

TrustList: Real time warning against programmatic advertising placement on 'red-listed' online media

27 Nov 2023

Kashmir editor released from jail after 600 days of imprisonment

24 Nov 2023

Source: © Shift Delete It is reported that Apple is pulling all its adverts from X following the endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory by Elon Musk

Apple follows IBM in pulling all adverts from X, after Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory

20 Nov 2023

Russia puts new media restrictions ahead of presidential election

16 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Novus Group says fake news is one of the most significant challenges of the digital age

Media monitoring a shield against fake news in the digital age

9 Nov 2023

Radio journalist in the Philippines fatally shot live on Facebook during broadcast

6 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Media, business, government, technology, and community leaders from across Africa and internationally have gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for this year’s annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) forum which ends today

Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 explores media opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2023

Shahida Kazi, the first female correspondent in Pakistan, has passed away. Source: YouTube.

Shahida Kazi, the first female correspondent in Pakistan dies

30 Oct 2023

Source: © Safety of Journalists Platform Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Sunday, based on preliminary findings of its investigation that Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah was killed in southern Lebanon by a "targeted" strike from the direction of the Israeli border

RSF initial report: Reuters journalist was killed in strike

30 Oct 2023

Matheus Bertelli Reuters News, Reuters Breakingviews, has launched a new daily column, The Big View

Reuters Breakingviews launches daily column on global issues

25 Oct 2023

Source: © Twitter The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) commemorated Black Wednesday (19 October 1977) with a fundraising dinner addressed by Mpho Makwana, outgoing Eskom Board chairman and sponsored by Absa

Sanef commemorates Black Wednesday, raises R2m for media freedom

23 Oct 2023

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