Web Rangers SA’s training workshops started on a high note on 12 May 2018 at McAuley House Johannesburg. The digital literacy programme implemented by Media Monitoring Africa and supported by various partners aims to empower young people to gain critical skills and knowledge around online safety. ...
March 27, 2018, The Media Online “The fact that you’ve got a lot of young people marching, doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re now shaping that agenda; it just means that media are broadly speaking doing their job,” says William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, which advocate f...
On 08 March 2018 Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) honoured the legacy of Mandy Rossouw through the launch of an awards category dedicated to the memory of the esteemed journalist who passed away in 2013. MMA made the announcement during a panel discussion which reflected on the media’s contribution t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is thrilled to award a GLAD[1] to City Press for the publication’s 21 January issue that consisted of a full two-page spread of stories with a focus on critical child-related issues and which accessed children’s voices on these. There are four stories in particular ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and partners invite media to celebrate Safer Internet Day (SID) on Tuesday, 06 February 2018 at Facebook in Johannesburg. SID aims to, “raise awareness of emerging online issues and chooses a topic reflecting current concerns.” Join us as we hear from ...
Bullying in schools is a major problem that has seen pupils being victims at the hands of their fellow schoolmates. The topic has received wide coverage from local media where incidences of bullying have been highlighted. While the media should be commended for informing the public about bullying an...
The story “Female pupils excel in rugby” (13/06/2017) by African News Network 7(ANN7) has been awarded a GLAD[1] by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for portraying children in a positive manner and highlighting their achievements. The story is about a group of female pupils from Carolina in Mpumala...
This week Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to Sowetan and The Times for publishing articles in which the identity of a teenager was revealed, despite her being a victim and witness to a crime. “Teenager traumatised after ‘police’ shootings”, (The Times, 02/05/2017, p.2) and “...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to IOL for an article in which a child who was sexually abused was made to relive her traumatic experience through an interview. “’Raped by dad and brother’” (IOL, 09/05/2017) reports on a nine-year-old girl from Cape Town who was allegedly raped ...