Message by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on #InternationalWomensDay
This year’s celebration of International Women’s Day is the first within the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are confidently asserted in that Agenda as intrinsic to progress.The new Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals include a...
‘Media has right to make judicial officers accountable’
HIGH Court judge Justice Charles Hungwe has said the media has the right to make judicial officers accountable for their actions in line with the tenets of democracy.BY KENNETH NYANGANIOfficially opening the 2016 Manicaland judicial year on Monday, Justice Hungwe said the public should be kept...
Digital Media Ethics
Digital media ethics deals with the distinct ethical problems, practices and norms of digital news media. Digital news media includes online journalism, blogging, digital photojournalism, citizen journalism and social media. It includes questions about how professional journalism should use this...
‘Digitisation deadline in doubt’
INFORMATION minister Chris Mushohwe has disclosed that government was doubtful it would meet the digitisation deadline by April this year due to unavailability of resources.Addressing stakeholders on digital migration in Masvingo last Thursday, Mushohwe said: “Complete migration from analogue...
Criminal defamation ruling, media and citizen linkages
The recent and historic Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment outlawing criminal defamation is significant for freedom of expression and media freedom in Zimbabwe. Not just because its immediacy frees journalists to operate without fear of arrest and possible jail time if convicted for what...
Africa’s first pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards
Journalists from across Africa have until the 29th February 2016 to submit their entries for the inaugural pan-African reinsurance Journalism Awards.Dr Femi Oyetunji, Group MD/CEO of Continental Reinsurance said: “The insurance and reinsurance sector has a valuable role to play in Africa’s...
Understanding the Need for Cybersecurity in African Journalism
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), over the past two decades 780 journalists worldwide were murdered while reporting or investigating stories. Many used digital tools in their daily work, which exposed them to cyber threats as well.This trend is reflected in a recent CPJ...
Virtual reality: A new frontier in journalism ethics
The sun is shining. Oleg, a Ukrainian boy of 11, smiles as he bikes down a street lined with trees and ruined houses. His companion rides slightly behind, gesturing into the distance and shouting.This scene from "The Displaced" stands apart from the others. Much of the 11-minute film from The New...
Opportunity: Pitch to IJNet
Do you know of a journalism tool, app or resource that we haven’t covered? A media innovator who has a fascinating story to tell? Or do you simply want to discuss a current media trend taking place in your country?If so, the International Journalists' Network (IJNET) would like to hear from...
Report responsibly, journalists urged
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Tapiwa Matangaidze has urged journalists to desist from dramatising and sensationalising the country’s food shortages, but report “without causing alarm and panic”.BY NUNURAIJ JENASpeaking at the belated Mashonaland West Journalists Awards...
