by tshepo | Feb 11, 2022 | Events, Featured, News, Ruth First
The 2021 Ruth First Memorial Lecture took place at the The Forge in Braamfontein on Thursday 27 January 2022. The keynote address was delivered by Nanjala Nyabola, writer, political analyst and activist based in Kenya. Murray Hunter, was the 2021 Ruth First Fellow....
by tshepo | Apr 22, 2020 | Events
Midweek webinar On Reporting the Covid crisis Journalists around the world are grappling with the biggest story of their lifetimes. The task raises many challenges: how to deal with a highly complex subject where even the experts don’t have all the answers? How to...
by tshepo | Apr 17, 2020 | Events
Midweek webinar On The virus: will it kill journalism too? Traditional news media have been struggling with the decline of their business model for some time, and the Covid-19 crisis has only made matters worse. Salaries are being cut, retrenchments...
by tshepo | Apr 9, 2020 | Archive of excellence, Events
Why has the current Covid-19 crisis led to such an explosion of fake news? What should be done about it? We’ve seen lots of fact-checking stories, some criminal charges, technical solutions and others – what’s working? How should journalism respond? Is this perhaps an...
by tshepo | Mar 5, 2019 | Events
The seven-part workshop series is a deeper dive in skills such as using maps, social media verification and many more JamLab, a project of Wits Journalism, will be offering digital and data skill workshops every Thursday from 7th March right through to 2nd May....
by tshepo | Mar 23, 2018 | Business Buzz, Events
Are South Africans using cash or banking digitally? We find out from the head of the financial inclusion at Finmark Trust, Farai Muronda. Head of analytics at FNB business,Dr Yudhvir Seetharam, explains the role of fintech and Wits student Ngonidzashe Tutayi speaks...
