The Citizen gets a GLAD[1] from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) for its article, “Mother, child despair” (28/08/2018, p.3) where the identities of two children swapped as new-borns at a hospital were protected. The article written by Chisom Jenniffer Okoye reports on two mothers whose babies ...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to The Post for not identifying two children who are witnesses and victims in a case of abuse. The story, “Murder accused mom ‘did not like child’”, published via IOL (26/08/2018) describes the case of a mother and a grandmother who stand accuse...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a GLAD[[1] to IOL, for its story involving a child who survived a genital mutilation attack and was portrayed positively and in a manner that protected his identity. “Boy survives horror attack and sends his assailants to jail” (IOL, 03/02/2018) reports that t...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] this week to City Press for its 8 October, 2017 issue which not only included two stories in which the identities of children whose parents were involved in legal battles were actively protected, but also included two other stories which intentionally s...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) awards a GLAD[1] to The Star for withholding the identity of a child victim in an article, and for avoiding subjecting her to secondary trauma. “They shot at me as I ran away, says girl aged 9” (The Star, 13/09/2017, p.1) reports on a nine-year-old girl who was all...
It is a known fact that minority rights are easily violated, more especially those of children. That’s why it remains very important that media’s reporting of children’s stories is done with special care, without discrimination and with ethical consideration of children’s rights. Sunday Worl...