Children deserve to be heard, seen, treated, and represented with dignity and care. However, they are spoken about rather than spoken to, leaving the stories that directly impact their lives […]...
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Absence of Children’s Voices Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) gives a MOP[1] to The Citizen for an article that completely fails to access children in a matter which has a direct impact on their education and their safety at […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) believes that children should be accessed for their views in media coverage, when it is in their best interest to do so. When this is not […]...
While Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) applauds GroundUp for reporting two stories about discrimination and lack of services at a school, we would also like to raise a few concerns that […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is happy to award a GLAD[1] to The Citizen for its article, “High-performance pupils” (11/04/2019, p.5) which highlights the achievement of the grade 12 pupils involved […]...
When reporting stories about children who are victims of and/or witnesses to abuse or crime or, they themselves have committed crimes, journalists should take care not only to avoid compromising […]...
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 […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is proud to award a GLAD[1] to The Citizen and Weekend Argus for highlighting children’s achievements and accessing them for their views. The first story […]...