Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Daily Sun, Pretoria News and Cape Argus for ethically reporting on stories that involve minors. These media are awarded a GLAD[1] for respecting the children’s rights to privacy by protecting the identities of the children involved in their stories. The stori...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) neither gives a MAD[1] nor GLAD[2] to Daily Sun for the story that reports about children who received computers at a primary school in Tshwane. This is because while the journalist did not grossly violate ethical frameworks around reporting on children, they also did n...
A child’s right to freedom of expression as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)[1] and of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children (ACRWC)[2] in articles 13 and 7 respectively, is one of the most important rights that should be respected a...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is giving a GLAD[1] to both Daily Sun and Mail and Guardian for great reporting and outstanding portrayal of children carrying themselves as active citizens leading environmental projects and making sure that roads are safer for the community they live in. Daily S...
Children have varied experiences and views from different economic and cultural backgrounds, yet media still shy away from adding the children’s voices to coverage about them. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives neither a MAD[1] nor GLAD[2] to Daily Sun for its article involving children. Besides ...
Children have rights to freedom of expression and participation in the media. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children (ACRWC) which South Africa ratified in 1995 and 2000 respectively...
Accessing children on an important issue such as cultural practices is something journalists and the media rarely do. This is why when they do, they must be commended. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards Daily Sun a GLAD[1] for accessing children in an article written by Buziwe Nocuze. The article ...
June is an important month for young people in South Africa as we commemorate the march by the youth of 1976 who demanded better education. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) would like to commend Daily Sun for accessing children’s views regarding a march that was held to the district education office ...
It is a norm for the media prior and during Child Protection Week to increase the number of stories on children. While Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased with this focus by the media on children, we are always of the view that coverage of children should not only be event based. We envision a ...