In August 2021 Michael Markovitz was appointed to head up the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Media Leadership Think Tank – an independent research and advocacy platform dealing with the pressing issues facing the media and audiovisual industries and how these impact on democracy. In 2017 Markovitz was appointed by Parliament to the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) for a five year term. He completed his term on 15 October 2022. Markovitz has also been recognised by Rhodes University’s Journalism and Media Studies school as one of their top 50 alumni in the 50 years since the school’s founding in 1972. Thanks for reading Media Explorations! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.