Comfort Mussa, a prolific, multi-award-winning journalist with a keen eye for stories that expose social injustice, says, though online violence is a challenging part of the profession she stays because people like her remain the voice of the voiceless.
South African broadcast journalist Silindelo Masikane has been bullied online and is a target of threats of violence. She says harassment is part of the job of reporting in Africa.
Meet multi-award winning public health and gender justice champion Shakira Choonara who is driven by an interest in creating systems that level the plainfield for young women to thrive.
In the recently disputed 2022 Kenyan general election profiling, brown envelope journalism and violence towards reporters were some of the main concerns as Kenyan journalists covered the election season.
Online platforms are replete with examples of false information. Media practitioners and policymakers have been working on strategies to counter disinformation for years. Researchers suggest an increase in the levels of media literacy among citizens.
Freedom of expression in eSwatini is on further decline as Prime Minister Cleopas Sipho Dlamini has announced online news publication Swaziland News and editor Zweli Dlamini are ‘terrorists’.