A new report, published by DW Akademie and co-authored by Prof Franz Krüger, Prof Sarah Chiumbu and Jayshree Pather, assesses whether measures have succeeded in improving access and makes ...

State of the Newsroom is an annual report published by the Wits Centre for Journalism that addresses emerging issues in the media landscape in South Africa. It aims to make this content accessible to ...

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its Digital News Report 2024, the most comprehensive piece of research on news consumption worldwide. It is based on a survey of over ...

Situated within the School of Literature, Language and Media at Wits University in Johannesburg, the WCJ has become a leading provider of quality post-graduate teaching, thought leadership and ...

This State of the Newsroom report covers two main areas: job losses in the news media sector, and the challenges journalists faced in the coverage of the national and provincial elections in May.

This book is also intended as a training guide that can be used by editors and other newsroom managers, to teach or share ideas around key concepts, and recommend best practices when it comes to ...

The second State of the Newsroom report from Malawi is a follow-up to our 2021 report on the same country, produced in partnership with the Continuing Journalism Education initiative.

Senegal is the second country outside of the South Africa where the Wits Centre for Journalism has published a State of the Newsroom report, the other being Malawi, where two reports have so far been ...

Edited by Alan Finlay, this State of the Newsroom report looks back on 2021 and explores whether innovative media start-ups, data journalism and local media hold the promise for a revitalised media ...

The 2021 issue of State of the Newsroom overviews the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the media in South Africa in 2020. It explores the difficult terrain of data and data governance, and how the ...

This State of the Newsroom shows that radio has the powerful potential to continue to create the inclusive, democratic culture that we looking for, but that many challenges exist. The community radio ...