Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to City Press for three articles which appeared in the same edition of the newspaper and portrayed children positively, by highlighting their achievements and giving them a voice. The first article, “’We are forgotten here’” (05/11/2017, p.10) b...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] this week to City Press for its 8 October, 2017 issue which not only included two stories in which the identities of children whose parents were involved in legal battles were actively protected, but also included two other stories which intentionally s...
For some, September was a month to make merry as the spring season bloomed across the country while for others, news particularly those reporting on children were a scary reflection of how media tends to deal insensitively with victims of and/or witnesses to crime. Such was the case with Sowetan and...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MAD[1] to City Press for failing to act in the best interests of children in an article which explores the critical issue of sex work. “Why we want to be legal” City Press (11/06/2017, p.9) makes a case for the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa b...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to City Press for the publication’s in-depth analysis of the Gauteng department of education’s information and communication technology (ICT) smart schools initiative and some of the challenges facing these schools. All the articles published on 2...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend City Press for the article “From ‘prawns’ to chess master for SA’s rising star” (16/04/2017, p.10). The article, which has been selected for a GLAD,[1] is about Keegan Agulhas, a 17-year-old chess sensation whose story is an inspiration ...
It becomes apparent from reading “‘Everybody needs to heal first’” (City Press, 23/08/2015, p.8) that children are usually the most affected when tensions arise. The article, which has been selected for a GLAD1, reports on the temporary closing of a primary school in Roodepoort, Johannesbur...
Children are abused on a daily basis1 and sadly, it is often their parents, guardians, and families who subject them to the abuse. What is even sadder is that the impact of their abuse is sometimes heightened by the media coverage they receive. The media has a set guideline and code of ethics when i...