Children must be interviewed too on important issues that affect them when it is in their best interest. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives News24 a Missed Opportunity[1] for failing to give children a voice in a story about children. The article, “New Covid-19 Board game to teach children ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards Weekend Argus a GLAD[1] for accessing children in an article about them. The article titled, “Schoolchildren speak out about learning during Covid-19 lockdown” (16/01/21) does a stellar job at displaying children’s views and their concerns about Covid...
Since March 2020, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring the media and analysing how they have been reporting Covid-19, a pandemic that has dominated media coverage, since the first case was reported in South Africa in March 2020. The purpose of the monitoring has been to determine the tr...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is launching the sixth brief in the series, ‘Analysis of Covid-19 Media Coverage’. These analyses are published consistently with the first brief having been published on 8 May, 2020. MMA has been monitoring and analysing the media coverage of the Covid-19 in Sout...
05 November 2020, TimesLive, Masego Seemela Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) complained to the BCCSA and said the broadcast was unlawful, harmful, and in breach of SA’s broadcasting code. In their documents, the MMA stated, “In the current context, as SA and the world grapple with the devasta...
In order to determine trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is running a series of analyses where findings are compared against each other to show improvement, or the lack thereof. The previous four analyses published ha...
In order to determine the trends in coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of sources in South African media, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is conducting bi-monthly monitoring and analysis activities. This is a series of reports and findings are compared against each other to show improvement, o...
25 May 2020, University Of Cape Town News The Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Media Monitoring Africa invite you to apply to attend the free online training on reporting on violence against children. This online training is loaded with valuable information on editori...
5 May 2020, Committee to Protect Journalists On behalf of the #FreeThePress campaign, made up of 192 press freedom and human rights organizations and the more than 11,337 concerned citizens who signed the petition, we urge you to take immediate action to secure the release of journalists jailed arou...