It is important that when reporting on children who are victims of or witnesses to a crime, the media ensures that the dignity and privacy of the children is sufficiently protected. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a MAD[1] for indirectly identifying children involved in a criminal case...
It is exciting that literacy programmes are making their way into townships in South Africa. This is good as it helps less privileged children to be more interested in reading. That being said, the article titled, “Reading keeps kids awake” (Daily Sun, 27/04/2021) receives a GLAD[1] from Media M...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a MAD[i] for its article, “Painful klap in class” (07/04/2021) in which a child assault victim is interviewed and quoted. The story is about a 12-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten by his teacher in class for failing to complete his schoolwork. Th...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a MAD[1] for an article directly identifying child victims of a shooting thereby compromising their safety and well-being. The article titled, “Cops shot my kids!” (24/03/2021) reports on three children who were shot allegedly by the police. ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is happy to award a GLAD[1] to Daily Sun and News24 for their respective stories, “Couple in court for child neglect and rape” and “Bail for mother, 30, charged with her boyfriend, 91, in child neglect and rape case by Getrude Makhafola ” Both stories were publi...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a Missed Opportunity[1] for its two stories involving children. This is because despite both stories reporting on issues that affect children, the journalists behind these stories missed an opportunity to hear the views of the children on an important ed...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Daily Sun for brilliantly and ethically reporting on two stories that involve minors. The stories titled, “Girl raped after school” (26/02/2021) and “Rescued-from-sex-a-shack” (01/03/2021) are awarded a GLAD[1] for protecting the identiti...
Children should be interviewed too in media stories about them to hear their views when it is in their best interest. Failure to do so makes the media miss an opportunity to portray them as citizens who also have an opinion on issues that affect them. This failure was observed in an article by Daily...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Daily Sun for brilliantly reporting on a story that involves minors. The story titled, “Girl boiling water horror” (10/02/2021) is awarded a GLAD[1] because of the way it was reported as well as for protecting the identity of the child victim involved. The ...