October 14, 2020

Deepfakes, SA media ethics & more: free webinars to make sense of it all

MMA in the media
By Yinhla Ngobeni 85 Comments

13 October 2020, TimesLIVE

Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), the watchdog organisation that promotes ethical and fair journalism, this month presents its Media Freedom Festival, a series of events to highlight critical issues related to media freedom and human rights. TimesLIVE is a media partner for the event.

October 26, 2pm: Children and the media

Children have agency and important views on key issues. In this two-part webinar, presented with the SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, MMA will first explore strategies for including the voices of children in the media before discussing children’s vision for, and concerns about, the future of our media. A futurist will also talk about the top five expected trends in this context.

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