After receiving hundreds of speaker and session proposals earlier this year, the 2025 African Investigative Journalism ...

This is an essential webinar for journalists, editors and news workers, focused not only on best-practices for protecting potential whistleblowers and confidential sources, but also emphasising the ...

Wits Centre for Journalism PhD candidate Lebogang Seale has found himself on the long and short lists of three prestigious literary awards in the last month for the evocative story of how his Limpopo ...

There are a number of metrics we can use to show the success of this year’s 19th African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) and its status as the leading annual gathering of the continent’s ...

The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), in partnership with Sanlam, is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the prestigious Nat Nakasa Awards for Courageous Journalism 2025.

This handbook is designed for journalists, editors, and anyone working in a newsroom. It provides an introduction and guide to responsible and ethical practices for reporting on stories that involve ...

Misinformation and disinformation are not only a threat to democracy, but a direct threat to the sustainability of credible news media, say media watchdog groups during a panel discussion on mis- and ...

Lecturer and coordinator of the mid-career master’s programme at the Wits Centre for Journalism, Dr Enoch Sithole, recently released a research report titled Climate Change Journalism in South Africa: ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism’s African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) is offering grants to journalists to investigate health issues in seven African countries: Zimbabwe, Botswana, ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism and Wits Department of Sociology hosted internationally acclaimed Delhi-based photographer Ishan Tankha at a postgraduate seminar at the Centre.

A journalist has a duty to maintain the highest professional and ethical standards. A journalist shall at all times defend the principle of Freedom of the Press and other Media in relation to the ...