Jane Duncan
Professor Jane Duncan is Highway Africa Chair of Media and Information Society, School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University. Jane is a prominent media activist and former executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute. She has three post-graduate degrees, and has written widely on media policy and media freedom issues.
Jane Duncan's Recent Articles
Unpacking South Africa’s digital broadcasting transition
20 March 2012 - BroadcastingHow many South Africans are aware of the massive changes in the pipeline for free-to-air television? Not many, it would seem, writes Professor Jane Duncan. Most countries need to switch off ...
Press self-regulation: dead or alive?
10 January 2012 - PressIn the next few weeks, the Press Freedom Commission will be holding public hearings into the adequacy of the self regulatory system for the press. In terms of this system, ...
The Prevention of Scholarship Bill
13 June 2011 - Communications"The Bill represents the single biggest threat to academic freedom since 1994. While the media and civil society have mobilised admirably against the Bill, universities have been largely missing in ...
The access to information imperative
10 May 2011 - PressAfrican countries drag their heels in recognising the importance of access to information. Professor Jane Duncan explains just why this is happening and what is being done urgently to change ...
On Jimmy Manyi and Tahrir Square
13 April 2011 - PressJane Duncan recently returned from a trip to Egypt where she made an input at an academic conference about media transformation in North Africa. Is there a place in the South ...
The print media transformation dilemma
9 March 2011 - PressThe Press Council of South Africa has just completed a series of public hearings into the adequacy of its systems. The hearings were organised in response to the African National ...
