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As trust plummets, how can mainstream media rebuild credibility?Anita Varma

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

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Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

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Charity Ekezie dispels myths about Africa on social media. Source: Instagram.

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#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

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Good Things Guy, overall winner at the 2019 South African Blog Awards

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Grand Prix winning campaign; Fox Cricket.

Effective Use of Tech winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

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Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

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Jury member Benoit Weisser, chief strategy officer, Ogilvy Asia. Image supplied.

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Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

US-Nigeria website censored

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Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

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Kevin Ndinguri, managing director at UM.

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IPFA winners, New York.

International Press Freedom Awards announced

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People take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway region of Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa on May 18, 2015. On November 18, 2019, Somaliland police shut down a TV station and arrested its editor. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

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Burger King’s Fernando Machado

#CannesLions2020: First speakers and sessions announced

20 Feb 2020

Good Things Guy, overall winner at the 2019 South African Blog Awards

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12 Feb 2020

Grand Prix winning campaign; Fox Cricket.

Effective Use of Tech winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

22 Jan 2020

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Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

15 Jan 2020

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Best Use of Data winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

8 Jan 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media Africa 2019

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17 Dec 2019

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Police officers detain Sahara Reporters journalist Victor Ogungbenro during a protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on August 5, 2019. Staff at the online newspaper report sustained harassment targeting them and their website. Credit: CPJ/AP/Sunday Alamba.

US-Nigeria website censored

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Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

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Fighting breaks out as security personnel attempt to re-arrest Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 6, 2019. Sowore and other activist-journalists have been jailed in Nigeria and Ethiopia amid a crackdown on free expression. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde.

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Effective Use of Tech shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

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Kevin Ndinguri, managing director at UM.

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IPFA winners, New York.

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Cesar Vacchiano, president and CEO of Scopen International. Image source: Scopen .

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People take part in a parade to mark the 24th self-declared independence day for the breakaway region of Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa on May 18, 2015. On November 18, 2019, Somaliland police shut down a TV station and arrested its editor. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

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Demonstrators are seen outside the Department of State Services headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 12, 2019. Police fired on and attacked journalists covering that demonstration. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Kola Sulaimon.

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Yolisa Phahle, CEO of general entertainment at the MultiChoice Group, presenting the final keynote session of the second day of AfricaCom 2019.

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CPJ deepens database of attacks on the press

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Dingle presenting at Catalyst Africa.

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Media: How to protect your phone from spyware

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Dr Carl Driesener, senior marketing scientist at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (EBI) of marketing science in Australia explaining the 5 steps to becoming a smarter target marketer at Spark Media's recent event.

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Police officers are seen in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on March 26, 2018. Presidential bodyguards recently attacked a group of journalists in Freetown. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Olivia Acland.

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