8 July 2020, Eastcoast FM, Jacaranda FM Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird has described the announcement by Media24 of the possible closure of several magazines and newspapers as a sad day for media diversity in the country. Read the full article...
On the 17th of September 2019, we hosted our second-panel discussion part of the #FutureOfJournalism series at the Goethe Institute. The discussion covered issues around Media Sustainability and Financing of Journalism. The discussion was facilitated by Francis Herd, News Anchor/Journalist from SABC...
Media Monitoring Africa, a leading media research organisation in Africa, today launched its final report as part of a series analyses, evaluating the coverage of the 2019 National Elections by the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC). You can find the full report here. On May 8, for the 6th t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a leading media research organisation in Africa, today launched its final report as part of a series analyses, evaluating the coverage of the 2019 National Elections in South Africa. You can find the full report here. On May 8, for the 6th time since the advent of demo...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is delighted to invite members of the media, industry, civil society and the public to the launch of their report “So much choice, but not enough voices? Analysing media coverage of 2019 Elections in South Africa”. The event will take place at Google South Africa on...
The Constitutional Court will today hear arguments in a case dealing with the protection of the identities of child victims, witnesses and offenders before and after they turn 18 years. The Centre for Child Law (Centre) will argue on behalf of Zephany Nurse, Media Monitoring Africa, Childline and NI...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) condemns the ‘doxing’ of Radio 702 and ENCA Talk Show Host and journalist Karima Brown as well as the threats and abuse that followed. Doxing is the act of revealing identifying information about someone online — their real name, address, workplace, phone number, ...
On Monday, 9 July 2018, Media Monitoring Africa released a report titled “Where do we belong?” which analysed how the issue of migration is framed in the media of four sub-Saharan African countries. Recognising that migration is a critical issue across the continent and that news media plays an ...
On 3 May 2018 and to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, Media Monitoring Africa, South African National Editors Forum, and Institute for Advancement of Journalism hosted a panel that sought to answer the question “Are the media helping us escape our echo chambers?” This discussion was held i...