Media should play its role as duty bearers when reporting on issues involving a child who is a victim and witness to a crime and, ensure that the children are never put at risk. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Weekend Argus a MAD[1] for an article directly identifying a child ther...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to GroundUp for an article titled, “COVID-19: Cookhouse police accused of beatings during curfew” (12/01/2021). The article has been selected as a MAD for failing to adhere to ethical standards of reporting on children by identifying the chi...
While reporting stories where children are witnesses to abuse or crime, media should be protecting children’s safety in addition to protecting their rights to dignity and privacy. This will ensure the safeguarding of those children’s best interest, which is a constitutional right clearly stated ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Sunday Times for a child maintenance article in which a child is indirectly identified thereby subjecting him to potential ridicule. The article titled, “[Name withheld] dad ‘can’t be found’ for child support” (Sunday Times, 21/04/2019, p.6) ...