Jamlab Meetup: Reclaiming African Narratives through storytelling – Thursday 22 April
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Universities in Nigeria must rethink how journalism is taught
By Nathan Oguche Emmanuel, PhD
Apr 20, 2021 / Read More
What we’re reading this week
Reuters will begin charging for access to its website as it tries to capture a slice of the digital subscription business. The company, o...
Apr 16, 2021 / Read More
Strategies for audience engagement and understanding podcast analytics
Podcasts have become a competitive space so in order to increase your audience engagement, you need to understand data and use it in an i...
Apr 14, 2021 / Read More
What we’re reading this week
Facebook launched a new campaign in 10 African countries to help combat fake news or help people spot fake news. The ‘Together Against Co...
Apr 09, 2021 / Read More
Journalism and media accelerator programmes around the world
About a year after launching Jamlab we collated a list of similar initiatives focused on media innovation we could find through the inter...
Apr 08, 2021 / Read More
Why some news stories get more clicks from social media than others
By Juliana Sutanto
Apr 08, 2021 / Read More
The impact of Covid-19 on journalists in Africa
The global media landscape has changed over the past 10 years with journalism facing a range of problems such as the disruption in tradit...
Apr 06, 2021 / Read More
What we’re reading this week
As a result of the pandemic many newsrooms across the globe have had to let go of staff or cut salaries. Researchers and media reporters ...
Apr 02, 2021 / Read More
Opportunities for African journalists in April
The One World Media Fellowship seeks aspiring journalists and filmmakers who are interested in reporting on stories from the global south...
Apr 01, 2021 / Read More
Thinking outside of the box to reclaim African narratives
Africans cannot continue to allow outside sources to define their stories, said Moky Makura, executive director of Africa No Filter, spea...
Mar 30, 2021 / Read More
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