South Africans looking for news in January turned to several different websites, but predictably the usual suspects featured in the top 10. Read more
When news websites appropriate news photographs as catch-all illustrations they lie to their readers and show contempt for news photographers, says Africa Check editor, Julian Rademeyer. The... Read more
The ‘scoop’ mentality in journalism and the allure of the new have the potential to combine in a dead-end cocktail for media houses, if they fail to do their homework and take a... Read more
Times Media Group has resigned from the South African Press Association, bringing to an end its longstanding relationship with the news wire service. The Group’s managing director of its med... Read more
As a journalist, do you represent your publication when you voice your unpopular opinion in the social media? Samantha Moolman looks at this growing dilemma in a story first published in The... Read more
Cyber bullies under fire
Independent Media recently announced steps to deal with inappropriate online comments by users on its websites. The move by its executive chairman, Dr Iqbal Survé, was prompted when one of i... Read more