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Township residents lining up, en masse, waiting to vote in 1st natl. elections incl. black majority, w. expected win for ANC cand. Mandela. (Photo by William F. Campbell/Getty Images)
PRINT MEDIA

Print media wilts under microscope

It is time to transform the neotransformation project to deliver real change in South Africa

  • Prinola Govenden
6 min read
The bad news headlines may be true but the good news is often overlooked
COVID 19

Pandemic accelerates decline of printed news, but trust in media grows — report

Covid-19 has forced newsrooms to find new business models, but the public has turned to the news more in the last year

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
5 min read
South Africa was among the countries — after the United States, Brazil and the Philippines — where politicians were seen as having an even higher responsibility for online misinformation than in other regions. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
BRAZIL

‘Fake news’ fears as Covid-19 highlights the dangers of misinformation

Reliable news coverage is needed more than ever, but trust in the media is at an all-time low

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Reprobate: Stefan Naudé is editor at large and art director at The Lake magazine. (Jacqui van Staden)
BAUHAUS

The Portfolio: Stefan Naudé

Print is not dead. It is just collectable now. Publications have become desirable to archive: collectable omnibuses documenting subgenres and their integrational patterns. Most…

  • Stefan Naudé
2 min read
The social media trend of encouraging students to recite answers or educational content has both advantages and drawbacks. (Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency)
COUNTRY

If the ‘fifth estate’ is a publisher, it needs to be regulated

Social media threatens the purpose of the ‘fourth estate’ – democracy and a check on power

  • Samuel Olaniran
4 min read
By embracing the values of truth, accountability, innovation and the power of independent journalism, African media can become a beacon of hope, illuminating the path towards a more prosperous and transparent society. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
JOURNALISM

Writing on the wall for print media

Local newsrooms are shedding staff and sales, but it’s not all doom and gloom for the print media industry.

  • Sipho Kings
7 min read
AFRICAN LANGUAGES

SA print media ‘needs to explore growth of African languages’

South Africans are hungry for news and stories in African languages, says veteran broadcaster Dumile Mateza.

  • Sapa
3 min read
Bias and unfairness work against media freedom and do not qualify to be called ethical or objective journalism
BEE

The writing is on the wall

Media companies make headlines with their poor scores in BEE ownership, writes <b>Reg Rumney</b>

  • Reg Rumney
6 min read
COLOMBIA

Good news for print media … in Latin America

The newspaper business, drained of readers and revenue and hounded by online media in much of North America and Europe, is thriving in Latin America.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read