Children should be interviewed too in media stories about them to hear their views when it is in their best interest. Failure to do so makes the media miss an […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives neither a MAD[1] nor GLAD[2] to The Star for its story involving a child author and activist who was reportedly nominated to receive the International […]...
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 […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is encouraged about a series of Sowetan‘s and TimesLIVE’s in-depth, insightful and critical articles reporting on a child who was denied entry into his school because […]...
Education must be the most divested sector of society in South Africa after economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Majority of people in the schooling sector are children and these happen […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) believes that children should be accessed for their views in media coverage, when it is in their best interest to do so. When this is not […]...
Every year children look forward to going to school, some for the first time and others returning for the next level of their education. During these periods, media normally reports […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to The Guardian for an article titled, “Jacinda Ardern holds special coronavirus press conference for children” that failed to access the children […]...
Cape Times and IOL journalists failed to adhere to MMA’s Editorial Guidelines and Principles for Reporting on Children in the Media[1] by not accessing the children involved in their stories. […]...