“WOMEN SUFFER IN SILENCE!” (Daily Sun, 06/11/2021) was selected as a GLAD[1] for interviewing a child living with cancer and, for giving prominence to the issue by quoting the child […]...
Cultural practices are part of many South African families. However, the media gives this topic very little space. According to a research report on children’s coverage in the media titled, […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a Missed Opportunity[1] to Daily Sun for an article that failed to access children in story thereby failing to empower them. The article titled, “From […]...
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) commends Daily Sun, Pretoria News and Cape Argus for ethically reporting on stories that involve minors. These media are awarded a GLAD[1] for respecting the children’s […]...
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 […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is giving a GLAD[1] to both Daily Sun and Mail and Guardian for great reporting and outstanding portrayal of children carrying themselves as active citizens leading […]...
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) […]...