A new report, published by DW Akademie and co-authored by Prof Franz Krüger, Prof Sarah Chiumbu and Jayshree Pather, assesses whether measures have succeeded in improving access and makes ...

On 6 November 2025, the Wits Centre for Journalism (WCJ) hosted a seminar on Africa-China relations that was attended by more ...

State of the Newsroom is an annual report published by the Wits Centre for Journalism that addresses emerging issues in the media landscape in South Africa. It aims to make this content accessible to ...

Over 450 delegates from 50 countries participated in 65+ lectures, workshops and networking sessions at the 21st African ...

Professor Nancy Booker, Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at Aga Khan, joined #AIJC2025 to take the ...

The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its Digital News Report 2024, the most comprehensive piece of research on news consumption worldwide. It is based on a survey of over ...

Situated within the School of Literature, Language and Media at Wits University in Johannesburg, the WCJ has become a leading provider of quality post-graduate teaching, thought leadership and ...

This State of the Newsroom report covers two main areas: job losses in the news media sector, and the challenges journalists faced in the coverage of the national and provincial elections in May.

The second State of the Newsroom report from Malawi is a follow-up to our 2021 report on the same country, produced in partnership with the Continuing Journalism Education initiative.

This book is also intended as a training guide that can be used by editors and other newsroom managers, to teach or share ideas around key concepts, and recommend best practices when it comes to ...

Senegal is the second country outside of the South Africa where the Wits Centre for Journalism has published a State of the Newsroom report, the other being Malawi, where two reports have so far been ...

Edited by Alan Finlay, this State of the Newsroom report looks back on 2021 and explores whether innovative media start-ups, data journalism and local media hold the promise for a revitalised media ...