Pilot Episode - Zimbabwe Media Commission, a New Dawn?
Produced as the Zimbabwe Media Commission was announced, this pilot edition of Africa Media Matters looks at its potential impact on journalists in the country. We also speak to Salim Amin, founder of...
View ArticleRepressive Media Reform in South Africa?
What do the ANC’s recently proposed media regulations mean for journalists in South Africa? We speak to the Press Ombudsman and to the editor of one of the country’s leading newspapers, the Mail &...
View ArticleIs the Zimbabwean Media Being Silenced in the Run-up to Elections?
Africa Media Matters speaks to Wilf Mbanga, exiled editor of The Zimbabwean newspaper as he faces an arrest warrant for a story he claims not to have published, and we profile the work of a group...
View ArticleEmbracing Internet Key to Survival of African Media
Africa Media Matters speaks to the World Bank’s Eric Chinje about the challenges facing African media in the age of the internet, and we profile the work of Mogadishu-based Radio Shabelle, recent...
View ArticleZimbabwean Journalists Under the Cosh Again
African Media Matter talks to Alex Bell of SW Radio about the Zimbabwean government’s latest efforts to silence independent journalists and asks Henry Maina, the East African director of the freedom of...
View ArticleBolstering Nigerian Election Reporting
As the dust settles on the 2011 elections in Nigeria, African Media Matters talks to those involved in IWPR’s innovative election reporting programme, set up to boost coverage of the poll and promote...
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