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January 16, 2023
Africa: Women's Voices Are Missing in the Media - Including Them Could Generate Billions in Income
How can the news media represent women's voices better? The answer might be in a recent report, "From outrage to opportunity: How to include the missing perspectives of women of… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Africa: Journalists Reporting On the Covid-19 Pandemic Relied On Research That Had Yet to Be Peer Reviewed
A story on gender inequity in scientific research industries. A deep dive into the daily rhythms of the immune system. A look at vaccine effectiveness for COVID-19 variants. These… Read more »
Kenya: Al-Shabaab - Sensational Media Reports About Terror Attacks Keep Kids Out of School
Sensational reporting on terror attacks in Kenya is keeping children out of school, with dire consequences for their education and their futures. Read more »
November 18, 2022
Africa: What the World Would Lose With the Demise of Twitter
What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest… Read more »
November 21, 2022
South Africa: 16 Days of Activism - How South Africa's TV News Gets It Wrong
South Africa is a country that experiences a very high level of gender-based violence. During the UN's annual international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: Understanding How News Works Can Short-Circuit the Connection Between Social Media Use and Vaccine Hesitancy
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Read more »
September 22, 2022
Africa: African Newspapers Can Be Anti-African Too - What My Research Found
Following the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Europe and North America the international news media were accused of bias in their reporting. The accusation is that media outlets… Read more »
September 18, 2022
Kenya: William Ruto Vs Media - Democracy Is At Stake
It's a long-standing Kenyan tradition to offer congratulations in paid print and TV messages to an incoming president. The bulk of these messages are put out by government agencies… Read more »
September 12, 2022
South Africa: Racism in Newspapers Persists - Even After Decades of Black Media Ownership
When formal apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, several policies were introduced to address the racial and economic segregation of the past. One such policy was Black Economic… Read more »
September 08, 2022
South Africa: Jacob Zuma Is Taking a Top Reporter to Court. The Verdict Could Affect Journalists' Rights
South African journalism organisations this week rallied around well-known journalist Karyn Maughan when former president Jacob Zuma initiated a private prosecution against her. Read more »
August 22, 2022
Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya's Media - A Bitter-Sweet Affair That Didn't End Happily
President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime came into power in 2013. It was the first to implement most of the provisions of Kenya's 2010 constitution. The media were eager to see how the… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Nigeria: No Justification for Fines Imposed On Nigeria's Media Houses Over Bandits Documentary
Nigeria's National Broadcasting Commission recently imposed a fine of N5 million (about US$11,922) each on MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, NTA-Startimes and Telcom Satellites Limited… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Kenya: The Role of Media in a Kenyan Election - What You Should Know
Traditionally, political debates have been shaped by mainstream media. Kenya's mainstream media, however, remain strongly wedded to factional ethnic and class interests. This has… Read more »
July 28, 2022
South Africa: What the U.S. Can Learn From Apartheid-Era Book Bans in South Africa
"Beloved." "The Hate U Give." "Maus." "Burger's Daughter." Read more »
June 29, 2022
South Africa: Media Literacy Education Can Help Combat Fake News - Here's What's Needed
Online platforms are replete with examples of false information - from WhatsApp messages punting some miraculous cure for COVID, to social media posts claiming a politician said… Read more »
June 26, 2022
South Africa: Male Voices Dominated South African Covid Reporting - That Has to Change
The onset of the COVID pandemic and the many months of uncertainty, anxiety and push for scientific breakthroughs sent journalists all over the world on the hunt for expert voices.… Read more »
June 13, 2022
Africa: Twitter Town Square - What Elon Musk Could Learn From Aristotle
Elon Musk, the world's richest man and founder of Tesla and SpaceX, recently made an offer to buy the social media network Twitter for $44 billion. In a statement Musk declared Read more »
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