Does the media ignore the plight of the poor?

The Journalism Dialogues come to East London
The Frere Hospital baby deaths scandal raised awareness about the huge challenges faced by under-serviced parts of the country such as the Eastern Cape.
What is the role of the media in highlighting the stories affecting the poor?
Do media focus on the affluent in a bid to increase advertising [...]

Making Science headlines

10th -11th NOVEMBER 2008
Science reporting is a research-intensive skill that sets journalists apart and is a niche which has unlimited potential in the world of news. But, with a shortage of well informed and trained science journalists, many important science stories are going untold.
Scientists and journalists, it seems, are speaking different languages.