News - MMA in the Media
- SABC reporters vs Govin Reddy: heated debate rages on
The criticism levelled against SABC reporters and newsreaders by board shortlist nominee Govin Reddy last week in Cape Town continues to generate a heated debate as several voices of reason enter the fray, which they believe is critical for the survival of the public broadcaster.
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- Visual Stories of Human Trafficking’s Victims
“Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy to be covering the issue of human trafficking as a photographer” - Melanie Hamman explains what motivates her to work as a photographer documenting modern slavery in South Africa.
(As published by the Niemen Foundation for Journalism at Harvard)
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- Reviewing 2010’s proposed legislation
As the year draws to a close, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) reviews the new and proposed legislation that were put forward that could have the potential to severely clamp down on the realisation of our human rights to freedom of expression, as well as access to information.
According to Prinola Govenden, head of Media Policy, the media are key enablers and protectors of our human rights and should be a champion for the realisation of human rights but need the freedom to do so.
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- SA’s ‘flawed’ legislation, proposals threaten human rights - MMA
South Africa’s ‘fragile’ freedom of expression, free flow of information, and media liberties and independence - some of the cornerstones of any society’s human rights - were further shaken this year by a series of what critics call ‘flawed’ and ‘authoritarian’ legislation and proposals. As the world commemorated International Human Rights Day on Friday, 17 December 2010, last week, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) called on Government to uphold the spirit of the Constitution and human rights in any new legislation and statutory bodies established.
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- Mujeres subrepresentadas en la prensa en Puerto Rico.
Women just are rarely included as information sources in stories produced by reporters in Puerto Rico, even though much of the news is reported by women. That’s according to the findings of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP).
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