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. […]...
While Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) applauds GroundUp for reporting two stories about discrimination and lack of services at a school, we would also like to raise a few concerns that […]...
Every child has a voice that needs to be heard by the world. At Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), we encourage journalists to include children’s voices, more especially if they are […]...
MMA gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to The Star for its article that celebrates a toddler for his high intelligence traits but does not access him. By not accessing the child, The Star […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives neither a MAD[1] nor a GLAD[2] to Daily Sun for its story involving a child. Despite the article reporting on a child’s outstanding achievement and […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to The Star for three articles that were published in the first week of April that failed to access the children at […]...
The right for children to express themselves in media is one of the most violated, as children are rarely given opportunities to express how they feel or what they think […]...
News24 and The Star fall short of being awarded a GLAD[1] for missing an opportunity to include a child’s voice in their articles titled, “Nine-year-old South African mental maths whizz […]...