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Journalism and Technology: The Use of Drones for...
By Nompilo Simanje Journalism has rapidly evolved over the years thanks to advancements in technology that have produced new tools and techniques for news gathering and dissemination. “Data, drones, and phones are the key to Africa’s media future,” according to an article by Stephen Abbott Pug... |
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Strategic Litigation: Safeguarding and Advancing...
By Obioma Okonkwo I recall vividly the exact day that my desire to defend media freedom was born 12 years ago. I was on my way to a bank and listening to a local radio station when an announcement began, alerting listeners to a robbery in progress at the very bank I was heading to. […] |
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Tunisia’s Path Toward a More Diverse and T...
By Alex Norris In October 2016, the Tunisian High Authority of Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) made headlines when it suspended the popular television program Andi Mankolek (“I have something to tell you”) for three months. The suspension followed a controversial episode in which host Alaa Che... |
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What recent protests in the Democratic Republic ...
When people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took to Twitter in June to protest skyrocketing internet and mobile data prices, it was only the latest in a series of struggles between Congolese netizens and the government over internet policy. On May 17, netizens in the DRC were shocked t... |
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State takeover of public media in Poland: Is an ...
The Polish Media Development Success Story In the early 1990s, Poland went through one of the most far-reaching and, at times, traumatic media reform programs that the world has ever seen. Formerly state-owned media enterprises were privatized with breathtaking speed. Legal and regulatory structures... |