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Last night, Thursday 8 November, the national winners of the 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards’ (VJOY) were honoured at a ceremony in Johannesburg (Image supplied)

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Nigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

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Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

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10 Oct 2022

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Wan-Ifra Women in News Editorial Leadership Award announces 2022 laureates

29 Sep 2022

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World News Day to be commemorated across the world

26 Sep 2022

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19 Sep 2022

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South Africa's Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists' rights

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A South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event

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Tania Broughton 17 Aug 2022

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Journalists' excluded from PoPIA

6 Jul 2022

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Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards set benchmark for excellence

1 Jul 2022

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Donwald Pressly has died. Source: LinkedIn.

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26 Oct 2022

Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. Source: Reuters.

Marketing & MediaPakistan PM orders judicial probe into journalist's killing in Kenya

Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam 26 Oct 2022

The wooden coffin containing the body of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif. Source: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Marketing & MediaPakistani journalist Arshad Sharif allegedly shot dead by police in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Gibran Peshimam 25 Oct 2022

Source: © Weerapat Kiatdumrong Black Wednesday in 1977 is remembered as SA Media Freedom Day

Marketing & MediaRemembering SA World Media Freedom Day

Danette Breitenbach 20 Oct 2022

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Marketing & MediaNigerian regulator says media outlet closure in Zamfara state is illegal

18 Oct 2022

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LegalMedia groups ask Uganda's top court to scrap law over free speech fears

Elias Biryabarema 18 Oct 2022

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Marketing & MediaNigeria's Zamfara state orders media to close for covering political rally

Garba Muhammad 17 Oct 2022

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Entebbe, Uganda 26 July 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters

LegalUgandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Image supplied. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)’s public service announcement campaign, Imagine a World, that describes a world without radio, television or cellphone service

Marketing & MediaNAB campaign addresses infrastructure vandalism

10 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. From left is Regina Reyes, Faith Zaba and Diana Mokalled.

Marketing & MediaWan-Ifra Women in News Editorial Leadership Award announces 2022 laureates

29 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied.

Marketing & MediaWorld News Day to be commemorated across the world

26 Sep 2022

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

Marketing & MediaWilliam Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

Picture Supplied.

Marketing & MediaNew Frame journalists win Nat Nakasa Award

19 Sep 2022

Source: © Earl Coetzee -

Marketing & MediaSouth Africa's Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists' rights

Anton Harber 9 Sep 2022

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Marketing & MediaA South African university publisher makes it to 100. A rare and important event

Beth le Roux 29 Aug 2022

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Marketing & MediaSaudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets

26 Aug 2022

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Marketing & MediaDaily Maverick vindicated as it wins defamation case

Tania Broughton 17 Aug 2022

Image supplied. All the Sanlam financial journalism award winners

Marketing & MediaAll Sanlam financial journalism awards winners

15 Aug 2022

Source © Ion Chiosea

Marketing & MediaThe role of media in a Kenyan election: what you should know

5 Aug 2022

Source: © gilc

Marketing & MediaMeta has 7 days to comply with Kenya's cohesion watchdog

1 Aug 2022

Source: © IOL eSwatini has recently been rocked by pro-democracy protests which have steadily intensified

Marketing & MediaMedia freedom in Esawtini declines further as Swaziland News and editor announced as terrorists

Aphiwe Kunene 25 Jul 2022

Source: © Mail & Guardian Veteran poet, legendary journalist and renowned author, Donato Francisco “Don” Mattera passed away peacefully on Mandela Day

Marketing & MediaPaying tribute to poet, journalist and activist, Don Mattera

20 Jul 2022

Source: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) All over the world journalists are facing face escalating threats and targeted attacks

Marketing & MediaTRF's new tool for journalists to manage online harassment and abuse

8 Jul 2022

Source: © iqoncept

Marketing & MediaJournalists' excluded from PoPIA

6 Jul 2022

Daily Maverick’s Pieter-Louis Myburgh receiving the Story of the Year for Digital Vibes

Marketing & MediaStandard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards set benchmark for excellence

1 Jul 2022

Source: © patrick de grijs

Marketing & MediaNigeria to regulate online platforms

15 Jun 2022

Image source: Maksim Kabakou –

LegalZimbabwe court convicts, fines New York Times freelancer

Nyasha Chingono and Nelson Banya 14 Jun 2022

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Marketing & MediaWhy trust in the media matters

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30 May 2022

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30 May 2022

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Danette Breitenbach 18 May 2022

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Marketing & MediaAnother journalist murdered in the line of duty

13 May 2022

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Marketing & MediaSouth African journalism under siege

Danette Breitenbach 4 May 2022

Source: © Unesco World Press Freedom Day looks to restore public trust in journalists and journalism

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Zubeida Jaffer 3 May 2022

Source: © rvlsoft What will Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter mean for ‘free speech’ on the platform?

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John Hawkins & Michael James Walsh 29 Apr 2022

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Marketing & MediaCity Press lays charges after cyberbullying of reporter

27 Apr 2022

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Danette Breitenbach 26 Apr 2022

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

Marketing & MediaSanef appalled by assault on the Times' photographer by Dudu Myeni

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Marketing & MediaSpoken word project launched on Human Rights Day

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