Free press | Bizcommunity

News

Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2024: A call to action for South Africa's inclusive transformation

Events & Conferencing

Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2024: A call to action for South Africa's inclusive transformation

Issued by Topco Media 28 Aug 2024

Media24: Leading the way in exceptional journalism and impactful content

Media

Media24: Leading the way in exceptional journalism and impactful content

Issued by Media24 14 Aug 2024

Understanding marketing vs. advertising: Why businesses need both

Marketing

Understanding marketing vs. advertising: Why businesses need both

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 24 May 2024

Prof Bismark lauds Springboks as Newsmaker of the Year

Media

Prof Bismark lauds Springboks as Newsmaker of the Year

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 22 Apr 2024

Media

How audience data is shaping Canadian journalism

Nicole Blanchett 29 Feb 2024

Branding

Elmo’s check-in: Iconic brands and influencer culture create a viral post

Aidan Moir 9 Feb 2024

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

Media

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

1 Nov 2023

Source: Kiara Affat, Daily Maverick On Tuesday, 19 September, security personnel at Standard Bank, manhandled Daily Maverick reporter Lerato Mutsila

Media Freedom

Standard Bank security, Sanef Sikuvile Journalism Awards sponsors, manhandle Daily Maverick reporter

22 Sep 2023

Media

Wan-Ifra and Reporters Without Borders form committee to develop AI Media Charter

28 Jul 2023

Source: © 123rf MTN SA is sponsoring journalism bursaries in support of South African media industry

Media

MTN SA sponsors journalism bursaries supporting small communities

5 Jul 2023

Source: © Unesco The 2023 Unesco / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian women journalists

Media Freedom

Unesco/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to 3 imprisoned Iranian women journalists

3 May 2023

Source: United Nations The Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards spotlight the continent and African journalists

Media Freedom

Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards to spotlight the continent and African journalists

3 May 2023

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

Media Freedom

William Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

Source: © moneywebco.za Sanef has strongly condemned former SAA board chairperson, Dudu Myeni, for her alleged assault on a photographer

Media Freedom

Sanef appalled by assault on the Times' photographer by Dudu Myeni

13 Apr 2022

AI, freedom of expression and the press

Media Freedom

AI, freedom of expression and the press

Hanno Brink 3 May 2021

Report reveals the impact of Covid-19 on journalism

Research

Report reveals the impact of Covid-19 on journalism

15 Jan 2021

(Brasília - DF, 14/11/2019) Palavras do Presidente da República da África do Sul, Cyril Ramaphosa. Foto: Isac Nóbrega/PR. Licensed under the .

Media

President Ramaphosa salutes media for Covid-19 coverage

15 Sep 2020

Sanef chairperson, Mahlatse Mahlase.

Media

Sanef to present 2020 Nat Nakasa Award to SA media

21 Aug 2020

Image source: .

Media

Stop spreading the news

Kim Furman 11 Aug 2020

2020 Effie Index ranks world's most effective marketers

Marketing

2020 Effie Index ranks world's most effective marketers

9 Jun 2020

Media

Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

New monetisation models for media are needed

Media

New monetisation models for media are needed

Louise Burgers 16 Dec 2019

IPFA winners, New York.

Media Freedom

International Press Freedom Awards announced

27 Nov 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty Images.

Media Freedom

Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism winners. Image supplied.

Media

#SBSJA19: Pure Truth recognised

Danette Breitenbach 13 Sep 2019

The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.

Media Freedom

Why Tanzania's attacks on free speech break with Nyerere's legacy

Nick Westcott 4 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media

Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty.

Media Freedom

'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

Ethiopians read newspapers in Addis Ababa on June 24. Following what the government refers to as a failed attempted coup, access to the internet was cut and journalists were arrested. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

Media Freedom

In era of reform, Ethiopia still reverts to old tactics to censor press

Muthoki Mumo 10 Jul 2019

The six #CannesLions2019 Reach Lions Grand Prix winners...

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Reach Lions winners!

19 Jun 2019

Winners announced for 2019 Inma Global Media Awards

Media

Winners announced for 2019 Inma Global Media Awards

20 May 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.

Media Freedom

Mozambique National Journalist's Day marred by detention

12 Apr 2019

Image of Marianne Thamm via

Media Freedom

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

Leigh Andrews 11 Apr 2019

Tanzanians sit next to a tree in Dar es Salaam in 2015. Tanzanian authorities this week imposed a temporary ban on The Citizen over its reporting. Credit: CPJ/AP/Khalfan Said.

Media Freedom

Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen

11 Mar 2019

Editor Max du Preez with one of the early editions of Vrye Weekblad. .

Newspapers

Revival of Afrikaans anti-apartheid paper is good news. But change is in order

Herman Wasserman 1 Mar 2019

FrontPageAfrica publisher Rodney Sieh, pictured on his release from prison in November 2013. Sieh says journalists in Liberia continue to face threats and harassment for their critical reporting. (CPJ/AP/Mark Darrough).

Media Freedom

How Liberia's press is faring under Weah presidency

Angela Quintal 18 Feb 2019

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

Research

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

12 Dec 2018

Muthoki Mumo and Angela Quintal, Committee to Protect Journalists' Africa team.

Media Freedom

Detained CPJ staffers released in Tanzania

9 Nov 2018

Open News MD, Nisa Allie.

Entrepreneur Month

How to launch an independent TV news channel like Open News

Leigh Andrews 8 Nov 2018

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

Media Freedom

How the Ugandan media has borne the brunt of censorship for decades

Geoffrey Ssenoga 8 Oct 2018

SCA rules on publication of child victims' names

Media & Entertainment Law

SCA rules on publication of child victims' names

Pieter Conradie, Anja Hofmeyr and Ashleigh Gordon 4 Oct 2018

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Everything's coming up roses

Newspapers

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: Everything's coming up roses

Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster 14 Sep 2018

Policy specialist, Theo Venter

Markets & Investment

Amid the chaos, Vuca is the new normal in SA

Nicci Botha 12 Sep 2018

Media

Media literally under fire in Capital Gazette shooting

29 Jun 2018

CPJ slams Tanzania govt for "draconian" social media laws

Social Media

CPJ slams Tanzania govt for "draconian" social media laws

19 Jun 2018

US-based OMN TV explores opportunities in Ethiopia

TV

US-based OMN TV explores opportunities in Ethiopia

7 Jun 2018

Ads24 general manager Ané Honiball and INMA executive director and CEO Earl Wilkinson. Image supplied by Media24.

Media

Ads24 amongst Inma Global Media Awards winners announced

5 Jun 2018

Criminal defamation declared unconstitutional in Lesotho

Media

Criminal defamation declared unconstitutional in Lesotho

29 May 2018