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#SAelections24: Initiatives to fight misinformation, provide access to reliable information launched

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Taliban arrests radio journalists for engaging with female callers - CPJ

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US Senate approves bill to pressure TikTok sale

Source: © 123rf Applications for accreditation for national and provincial Results Operations Centres (ROCs) have opened

#SAelections24: Media accreditation for all Results Operation Centres

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Taliban arrests radio journalists for engaging with female callers - CPJ

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US Senate approves bill to pressure TikTok sale

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Fake news and the role of the ordinary citizen

12 Jul 2019

Sudanese protesters are seen with their smartphones in Khartoum on April 21, 2019. CPJ has called on South African telecommunications company MTN Group to end its role in Sudan’s internet shutdowns. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Ozan Kose.

MTN Group urged to end participation in internet shutdowns in Sudan

Justin Shilad 12 Jul 2019

In an interview today, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said that journalist Azory Gwanda (pictured), who has been missing since 2017, is dead. Credit: CPJ/Mwananchi.

In BBC interview, Tanzanian foreign minister says journalist Azory Gwanda is dead

11 Jul 2019

This year's SA Cannes Lions' judges...

#CannesLions2019: Accuracy of SA judges' predictions, revealed!

Leigh Andrews 27 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

21 Jun 2019

Cannes Lions Grands Prix awards.

#CannesLions2019: All the Grand Prix winners!

21 Jun 2019

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Media continues to tell the 'Forbidden Stories'

19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Print & Publishing Lions' Grand Prix winner: An-Nar's 'The Blank Edition' by Impact Porter Novelli Dubai.

#CannesLions2019: Print & Publishing Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

Leigh Andrews 10 Jun 2019

RIP Raymond Louw

RIP Raymond Louw

5 Jun 2019

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#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

Leigh Andrews 3 Jun 2019

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

John Yeld 29 May 2019

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

Leigh Andrews 27 May 2019

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Peter Penar and Carolyn Logan 3 May 2019

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Glenda Daniels 3 May 2019

Image via : A woman is reflected next to a poster outside a community hall hosting a night vigil for kidnapped photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed, on January 18, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Community members, friends, family and colleagues of photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed held a night vigil at the Lenasia South Civic Centre. Mohamed was abducted in Syria on 10 January while working with the aid mission Gift of the Givers. (Photo by Gallo Images / Dino Lloyd)

South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed, kidnapped in January 2017, is shown alive in new video

Jonah Dylan 2 May 2019

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Reporting on China in Africa is too binary

Yu-Shan Wu 30 Apr 2019

Soldiers stand guard on April 2, 2019, in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros. Journalists have been detained and newspapers have been disrupted surrounding the country's recent presidential election. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Youssouf Ibrahim.

Comoros authorities detain journalist, censor newspapers amid political crisis

15 Apr 2019

Of this picture, Van Wyk says: "I don’t believe in heroes. I do, however, believe in exceptional people. In 2012 I met adv. Thuli Madonsela, then Public Protector, for the first time."

#Bookmarks2019: Pauli Van Wyk on why you don't just walk into a job as "investigative journalist"

Leigh Andrews 12 Apr 2019

Military police patrol the streets of Gorongosa, in central Mozambique, on November 19, 2013. A radio journalist in Mozambique has been held in pretrial detention since January, 2019. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Grant Lee Neuenburg.

Mozambique National Journalist's Day marred by detention

12 Apr 2019

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Attack on Zim 263 Chat website a blatant attempt to muzzle the media

12 Apr 2019

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Marianne Thamm on the crucial role of whistleblowers and investigative journalists in defeating corruption

Leigh Andrews 11 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

Bizcommunity.com 8 Apr 2019

Still missing: Azory Gwanda.

#WhereIsAzory campaign launched to find missing Tanzania journalist

5 Apr 2019

Anthony Molyneaux, multimedia journalist for Tiso Blackstar Group.

#Bookmarks2019: Raising awareness without stepping over into sensationalism

Leigh Andrews 4 Apr 2019

Gendarmerie officers stand guard on March 24, 2019, in Moroni, Comoros. Two journalists have been detained without trial in the country since February. Credit: CPJ/Gianluigi Guercia/AFP.

Two journalists held in pretrial detention since February in Comoros

3 Apr 2019

Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain

Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain

Bizcommunity.com 2 Apr 2019

A woman walks in front of a picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, in June 2018. Authorities in the Zimbabwean city detained documentary filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele on March 21. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Zinyange Auntony.

Zimbabwe police arrest filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele

26 Mar 2019

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In an interview today, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said that journalist Azory Gwanda (pictured), who has been missing since 2017, is dead. Credit: CPJ/Mwananchi.

In BBC interview, Tanzanian foreign minister says journalist Azory Gwanda is dead

11 Jul 2019

This year's SA Cannes Lions' judges...

#CannesLions2019: Accuracy of SA judges' predictions, revealed!

Leigh Andrews 27 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

#CannesLions2019: All the SA winners!

21 Jun 2019

Cannes Lions Grands Prix awards.

#CannesLions2019: All the Grand Prix winners!

21 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media continues to tell the 'Forbidden Stories'

19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Print & Publishing Lions' Grand Prix winner: An-Nar's 'The Blank Edition' by Impact Porter Novelli Dubai.

#CannesLions2019: Print & Publishing Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

#FairnessFirst: Creating a safe space to interview children

Leigh Andrews 10 Jun 2019

RIP Raymond Louw

RIP Raymond Louw

5 Jun 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

#FairnessFirst: A picture tells a thousand words, but should it?

Leigh Andrews 3 Jun 2019

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

Freedom of expression under threat, new campaign warns

John Yeld 29 May 2019

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

#FairnessFirst: Refreshing the legalities of ethical reporting on children

Leigh Andrews 27 May 2019

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Pendulum is swinging towards creeping restrictions across Africa

Peter Penar and Carolyn Logan 3 May 2019

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

How South Africa ranks in the press freedom stakes

Glenda Daniels 3 May 2019

Image via : A woman is reflected next to a poster outside a community hall hosting a night vigil for kidnapped photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed, on January 18, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Community members, friends, family and colleagues of photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed held a night vigil at the Lenasia South Civic Centre. Mohamed was abducted in Syria on 10 January while working with the aid mission Gift of the Givers. (Photo by Gallo Images / Dino Lloyd)

South African journalist Shiraaz Mohamed, kidnapped in January 2017, is shown alive in new video

Jonah Dylan 2 May 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Reporting on China in Africa is too binary

Yu-Shan Wu 30 Apr 2019

Soldiers stand guard on April 2, 2019, in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros. Journalists have been detained and newspapers have been disrupted surrounding the country's recent presidential election. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Youssouf Ibrahim.

Comoros authorities detain journalist, censor newspapers amid political crisis

15 Apr 2019

Of this picture, Van Wyk says: "I don’t believe in heroes. I do, however, believe in exceptional people. In 2012 I met adv. Thuli Madonsela, then Public Protector, for the first time."

#Bookmarks2019: Pauli Van Wyk on why you don't just walk into a job as "investigative journalist"

Leigh Andrews 12 Apr 2019

Military police patrol the streets of Gorongosa, in central Mozambique, on November 19, 2013. A radio journalist in Mozambique has been held in pretrial detention since January, 2019. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Grant Lee Neuenburg.

Mozambique National Journalist's Day marred by detention

12 Apr 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Attack on Zim 263 Chat website a blatant attempt to muzzle the media

12 Apr 2019

Image of Marianne Thamm via

Marianne Thamm on the crucial role of whistleblowers and investigative journalists in defeating corruption

Leigh Andrews 11 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

Bizcommunity sends a clear message that Africa is open for business

dotAfrica 9 Apr 2019

Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines

Bizcommunity.com 8 Apr 2019

Still missing: Azory Gwanda.

#WhereIsAzory campaign launched to find missing Tanzania journalist

5 Apr 2019

Anthony Molyneaux, multimedia journalist for Tiso Blackstar Group.

#Bookmarks2019: Raising awareness without stepping over into sensationalism

Leigh Andrews 4 Apr 2019

Gendarmerie officers stand guard on March 24, 2019, in Moroni, Comoros. Two journalists have been detained without trial in the country since February. Credit: CPJ/Gianluigi Guercia/AFP.

Two journalists held in pretrial detention since February in Comoros

3 Apr 2019

Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain

Africa rising as Bizcommunity launches .Africa domain

Bizcommunity.com 2 Apr 2019

A woman walks in front of a picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo, in June 2018. Authorities in the Zimbabwean city detained documentary filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele on March 21. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Zinyange Auntony.

Zimbabwe police arrest filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele

26 Mar 2019

#HumanRightsDay: The human cost of journalism globally

#HumanRightsDay: The human cost of journalism globally

19 Mar 2019

Artist’s name: Babak Sarbaz (pseudonym)
Title: Clergies’ Revolution
Dimensions: 100 x 75 cm
Editor’s note: This submission is a graphic manipulation of an image of Ayatollah Khomeini’s return to Iran in 1979

Borders and Boundaries competition announces winner

24 Jan 2019

Gillette's 'We Believe' ad receives mixed feedback

Gillette's 'We Believe' ad receives mixed feedback

15 Jan 2019

On the humanisation of black stories in 2019

On the humanisation of black stories in 2019

Rebone Masemola 15 Jan 2019

Freelance reporter Asad Hashim. © .

Pakistan reporter wins AFP Kate Webb Prize

14 Jan 2019

Number of journalists murdered in reprisal for reporting nearly doubles

Number of journalists murdered in reprisal for reporting nearly doubles

4 Jan 2019

Hundreds of jailed journalists the new norm, CPJ census finds

Hundreds of jailed journalists the new norm, CPJ census finds

13 Dec 2018

87% of journalists in the Middle East, Africa and Asia view the industry negatively

87% of journalists in the Middle East, Africa and Asia view the industry negatively

12 Dec 2018

Unbox the festive season

Unbox the festive season

Bizcommunity.com 7 Dec 2018

Josephine Achiro Fortelo.

Freedom of speech award for South Sudan journalist

29 Nov 2018

#NewCampaign: All you people, this ad's for you

#NewCampaign: All you people, this ad's for you

Jessica Tennant 26 Nov 2018

How Daily Maverick is driving community with Maverick Insider

How Daily Maverick is driving community with Maverick Insider

Leigh Andrews 19 Nov 2018

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