Sowetan receives a GLAD[1] from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for an article about a child star in which he is interviewed. The article titled, “Dogs were depressed during lockdown,’ research by grade 6 pupil finds” (01/09/2021) is written by Kgaugelo Masweneng and is about a 12-year-old b...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) commends Mail and Guardian for raising an important issue such as adoption in a society in which very often people tend to have preconceived ideas about adoption. The article for which MMA awards a GLAD[1] is titled, “Our aim was to give a child a home...
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) is delighted to award News24 a GLAD[1] for its ethical reporting involving a child victim of abuse. The story titled, “Cape Town mom, friend sentenced to jail for abuse, neglect of 2-year-old girl” (News24, 22/07/2021) by Tammy Petersen reports on a two-year-old gir...
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...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is elated to award a GLAD[1] to the Mail and Guardian newspaper for an article about an Eastern Cape pupil who recently had to migrate to the Western Cape for education as there are better socio-economic prospects in the latter province. The GLAD is awarded because Mail...
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 ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is pleased to award this week’s GLAD[1] to Cape Argus for an article that celebrates four learners from a high school in Milnerton who won a prestigious competition. The article titled, “Cape teens embody black girl magic by winning big in app ideation challe...