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- The Times praises child hero
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The front-page article “Girl, 11, saves friends from deadly blaze” published in The Times (10/02/2010) is about an 11 year-old girl who saved a number of fellow orphans from a blazing building. The story by Teneshia Naidoo is one to be glad of.
- World Cup clean-up impacts homeless children
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The Mail & Guardian report “Rounded up and shipped out” (22/01/2010, p. 4) by Niren Tolsi stands out for the way it highlights children’s rights in the midst of the World Cup fever. The report gives a voice to street children, who are rarely made visible in media reports, and provides insight in the complex nature of the challenges they face and how government chooses to address these in the build up to the World Cup.
- Cape Times identifies child witness
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The article, “Boy imitates mom’s murder” (Cape Times, 04/02/2010, p. 6) is one to be mad about. The story talks about how a three-year-old boy witnessed his father shoot and kill his mother and two other men before hijacking three cars.
- Children have agency as The Times show
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Children are often reported on in a very limited way as “innocents” or silent “victims” . However, The Times article (“Pupils still waiting for school”, 20/01/2010, p. 5) by Zandile Mbabela gave children a voice and portrayed them as active citizens rather than passive recipients of adult behaviour. For this, The Times deserve was picked as the MAD OAT Glad for the week..
- Back to School… An opportunity wasted?
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The first day of school always gets media attention, with coverage of how children react to going to school for the first time. The day offers the opportunity to cover children taking a big step in their lives. Past coverage has included many images to show children’s reaction to this event. In the interest of children’s rights in the media, various print mediums were examined during the first week of schools opening for 2010 (13-17 January 2010), to explore the coverage dedicated to the event.
- Children’s Views Not in the News: Portrayal of Children in South African Print Media 2009
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Monitoring conducted by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) in 2003 as part of the Empowering Children & the Media (ECM) strategy showed that only 6% of all news included children. The latest data to emerge from the ECM reveals that representation of children has improved, marginally, to 8.4% of all news monitored in 2009. The monitoring shows that not only are children’s issues frequently sidelined, but un-careful and unethical reporting often leads to further violations of their rights.
- Sunday Sun hows editorial commitment to ending child abuse
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The editorial by Themba Khumalo, “Maiming a child’s spirit is the worst of all sins” in the Sunday Sun (29/11/2009, pg. 14) was one to be glad about. The editorial talked about the pain, hurt and suffering that children go through without having several basic rights such as the right to dignity, parental care, food and emotional support. This is demonstrated in the editorial by using a case study of a little girl who was a victim of child abuse.
- Daily Sun identifies child witnesses and disregards their grief
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Three child witnesses were identified in an article published by the Daily Sun about a nine-year-old boy who hid his two younger brothers, in order to protect them from their enraged father. The article, entitled “Ibhavu of life” (23/11/2009, p.2), received a MAD OAT Mad nomination, wrapping up the MAD OAT nominations for the year, around one of Media Monitoring Africa’s (MMA) concerns in 2009 - the identification of child witnesses.
- Missing children should not be re-identified when found
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There has been a substantial amount of coverage in the media lately, around a 13-year-old girl who went missing with her friend but was found at a later stage. “Girl found man held” (The Times, 09/11/2009, p.5) received a MAD OAT Glad nomination for avoiding re-identifying the girl, after she had been found.
- City Press gets distinction for nutrition tips for matrics
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The article in City Press, “Exam meals of distinction” (08/11/2009, p. 12), by Gershwin Chuenyane is one to be glad of. The article assists matric learners and parents by teaching them how to prepare nutritional food for the final exams.
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