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 […]...
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 […]...
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 […]...
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. […]...
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 […]...
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 […]...