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Media Monday Bulletin - Launch: Media Works; SABC corporate plans; World Press Freedom Day coverage

And here’s what’s on offer this Media Monday:

·         An exciting, new FREE 6-week online Media Literacy Course launched

·         SABC presents plans before Parliament

·         A look at how media covered World Press Freedom Day celebrations

Read more | Posted: 7 May 2012 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Gender, Children, Media Freedom and Performance
A reason to celebrate: MMA’s William Bird comments on the launch of the PFC report

William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), says that the launch of the Press Freedom Commission (PFC)‘s report on press regulation in South Africa is significant for a number of reasons, and pays specific attention to the inclusion of a dedicated section on children by the new press code as recommended by the Commission. According to Bird, we all have great reason to feel good about the future of South Africa’s media thanks to the new press code.

Read more | Posted: 30 April 2012 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Children, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday Bulletin - Daily Sun & gang rape; MacGyver an SABC 3 hit; And, World Press Freedom Day

Here is what we have on offer this Media Monday:

·         Daily Sun and the Soweto gang rape – emphasising the end, ignoring the means?

·         SABC 3’s most watched programme – wanna take a guess?

·         World Press Freedom Day – What are the challenges in South Africa, and how do we use the day to highlight them?

Read more | Posted: 23 April 2012 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Children, Media Freedom and Performance
Rape is crime, play your part in reducing the harm

There has been a significant public outcry over the recent case of a girl being gang raped and the rape being filmed.  The story appeared in the Daily Sun on Wednesday 18 April 2012 and was picked up by mainstream media shortly thereafter, with talk shows focusing on the issue as well. In addition to the brutality of the crime, Media Monitoring Africa believes that there are other key issues, outlined in this press release, that need to be considered.

Read more | Posted: 18 April 2012 | News - Media Release | Categories: Children, Media Freedom and Performance
Saturday Star publishes MMA’s insiders insight into SA’s anti-traffciking efforts
MMA's Child Protection & Trafficking Programme Head, Melanie Hamman and has followed up her article in Saturday Star (11/02/2012 p.11) with a second article that gives more of an insiders insight into the progress made in efforts to begin to combat this highly complex issue in South Africa.
Read more | Posted: 16 April 2012 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Child trafficking, Children, Democracy and Governance, Special Projects
Saturday Star tells MMA’s Tangled Trafficking Tale

MMA’s Child Protection & Trafficking programme head, Melanie Hamman, was recently published in the Saturday Star (11/02/2012, p11) In the article Melanie speaks about the subtle hidden crime of human trafficking in South Africa.How when it occurs and is even reported on it is seldom seen or identified; and the importance of exposing it whenever it is found.

Read more | Posted: 17 February 2012 | News - MMA in the Media | Categories: Child trafficking, Gender, Children, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! 24 October 2011

On the menu this Media Monday:

·         Media goes all out, splashing graphic images of Gaddafi

·         Proof that media really does NOT report on own struggles?

·         Presidential house upgrades: did media get it right?

Read more | Posted: 24 October 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Children, Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! 17 October 2011

On the menu this Media Monday:

·         The release of the New Press Code: what does it mean?

·         When children dominate coverage…

·         What is really happening with Bheki Cele?

Read more | Posted: 20 October 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Children, Democracy and Governance, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! 3 October 2011

On the menu this Media Monday:

·         Daily Sun’s Facebook rapist coverage on point

·         The Dalai Lama visa saga: in whose interest?

·         ANC takes over processes over the Protection of Information Bill

·         Take part in our media debates and discussion; become an MMC!

Read more | Posted: 3 October 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Children, Media Freedom and Performance
Media Monday - hot topics and topics that make us hopping mad! 26 September 2011

Here is what’s on the menu this Media Monday:

·         SABC asks for more public ‘moola’

·         A look back at Media Freedom Week

·         Is the media sexualizing our kids?

·         Take part in our media debates and discussions, and you can be our next MMC!

Read more | Posted: 26 September 2011 | News - Newsletter | Categories: Children, Media Freedom and Performance

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