Children must be interviewed too on important issues that affect them when it is in their best interest. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives News24 a Missed Opportunity[1] for failing to […]...
Children’s opinions matter on issues which involve them. It is disheartening to come across media stories about children in which the children are not interviewed to get their opinion on […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) neither gives a MAD[1] nor GLAD[2] to Daily Sun for the story that reports about children who received computers at a primary school in Tshwane. This […]...
A child’s right to freedom of expression as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)[1] and of the African Charter on the Rights and […]...
In July, South Africa witnessed considerable news coverage of issues relating to the public unrest that some members of the public felt was brought on by the arrest of former […]...
Children have varied experiences and views from different economic and cultural backgrounds, yet media still shy away from adding the children’s voices to coverage about them. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) […]...
Children have rights to freedom of expression and participation in the media. These rights are enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to SowetanLIVE and News24 for their articles that celebrate children’s achievements but miss the opportunity to include the children’s voices to the articles. The […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives Daily Sun a Missed Opportunity[1] for its two stories involving children. This is because despite both stories reporting on issues that affect children, the journalists […]...