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- Human Trafficking – Is the media telling the right(s) story?
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is launching a new website to look at issues of child safety and human trafficking.
MMA is working with children, media, NGOs and other interested and involved parties to create an environment in which myths about human trafficking are unpacked and a more comprehensive picture emerges of modern slavery in South Africa, and what we can do to stop it.
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- Don’t become an example of bad practice when it comes to reporting on children, warns MMA
The reporting of a story of two children from Soweto who were missing for two weeks and were found on Tuesday 21st September 2010 has highlighted the challenges faced by media in reporting on children.
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- Media Monitoring Africa launches latest report “Children’s views not in the news”
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) today launched its latest report focused on children’s portrayal in the news media.
In addition to the core findings, MMA released its second media ratings of children’s coverage. It rated the performance of print media against each other and showed which cover children the best and which media need a rethink in strategy.
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- Invitation to launch of MMA report “Children’s views not in the news”
At a time when media is under a lot of scrutiny join us to find out how selected print media are doing in covering one of South Africa’s most marginalised groups - children. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has been monitoring selected print media to see how children are represented in the media. The report, titled “Children’s views not in the news”, will be launched on Thursday 26 August 2010.
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- Times Too hasty in Picture Publication
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned about The Times’ decision to publish an image of a dead infant on its front page (21/07/2010).
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