12 September 2022, Daily Maverick, William Bird There are three key issues about the girl model story. Firstly, and quite unusually, the story accessed the voice and views of the […]...
4 August 2021, Africanews, Apo group Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), in partnership with UNICEF South Africa, launched the ‘Reporting on Children in the Media Course’ at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg […]...
In July, South Africa witnessed considerable news coverage of issues relating to the public unrest that some members of the public felt was brought on by the arrest of former […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) announces the application date for the lsu Elihle Awards. This year’s applications will open on the 15th of May 2020. Translated from IsiZulu to mean “Great […]...
28 April 2019, Zululand Observer, Ronelle Ramsamy ‘South Africa’s political parties have largely glossed over children’s issues in their election manifestos,’ said Director of Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird. Read […]...
13 October 2018, IOL, Siyabonga Mkhwanazi and Samkelo Mtshali William Bird, executive director of Media Monitoring Africa, said it was a devastating position for the public broadcaster to find itself […]...
3 October 2018, The Citizen, Helene Eloff In an opinion piece titled “Dros rape: Media must strive to minimise harm,” Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird points out that the media […]...
3 October 2018, News24, Sarah Evans and Canny Maphanga Writing for News24 this week, Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird pointed out that according to recent police statistics, more than 64 […]...
3 October 2018, Alberton Record, Helene Eloff In an opinion piece titled “Dros rape: Media must strive to minimise harm,” Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird points out that the media focused […]...