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Glenda Daniels
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Gender gap widens in SA media
The latest media figures show that women are slowly advancing, but their experiences tell of little change at the top
ANC battles a test for journalism
As quickly as populist alliances form so do they unravel, according to Ernesto Laclau’s political philosophy theory
Tracking media freedom: 40 years since Black Wednesday
Forty years ago the apartheid regime crushed the free press. Today, the media industry is better off but it’s in a mess
Media links Gupta emails to the corrupted – it’s not fake news
The media is playing its part in trying to make the powerful and corrupt account to the people of South Africa
In the age of the internet, censorship has acquired a new face
"Censorship strategies include repression 2.0, masked political control and technology capture"
Journalists must get on the ground to tell the real, 360° story
I marched and got the true picture first-hand, not from propaganda or social media’s limited view
ANC’s desire to control social media is simply undemocratic
Regulating the internet and social media, as the ANC would like to do, would be overreach and inconsistent with the characteristics of a democracy.
How fake news works as political machinery to tarnish the integrity of journalists
The world is deep in the throes of a disinformation era through fake news, alternative facts and post truth.
Fake news is undermining the work of journalists
Those exposed of wrongdoing by vigilant reporters are exploiting the distrust and doubt that misinformation engenders.
2016: What a sad and bad year for journalism
Retrenchments, the threat of a media tribunal, a new Bill and mergers bode ill for newsrooms.
Investigative journalists’ skills can empower people
Citizens need to know how to source reliable information to advance their freedoms.
Protesters use the media, but they and the police turn on journalists
Reporting is essential in a democracy but police and demonstrators don’t always see it that way.
Get it right, newsdesks, the ANC aunties are not exactly fighting for women’s rights
We should be overjoyed that the focus is on women, but the way the media deals with this is generally underwhelming.
Media and race: Is freedom of expression letting racists off the hook?
A series of seminars and two conferences look at how the media should deal with hate speech, writes Glenda Daniels.
Civil society and the public need to challenge Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s SABC censorship
The public broadcaster ought to be just that, but its new policies are infringing on our democracy, writes Glenda Daniels.