Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn have taken top honours at the 18th Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism for their explosive exposé of Thabo Bester’s escape from prison, a saga which …
Four alumni from Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Department of Journalism have a project, produced last year while they were still students, featured in the 26th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. …
We are excited to announce a short course in Media and Digital Policy in Africa. This interactive course, brought to you by the University of Stellenbosch in collaboration with the …
Dr. Meli Ncube, postdoctoral research fellow, recently participated in an elite publishing workshop for Early Career Researchers in the social sciences, held at Stellenbosch Business School in collaboration with the …
Two journalism honours students from Stellenbosch University have secured positions within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Africa Correspondents Corps, led by Howard University’s Centre for African Studies. Aurelia Mouton …
Prof Herman Wasserman was recently invited to the launch of the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the US. The lab is a …
The Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University is gearing up for its annual celebration of World Press Freedom Day. This year, with UNESCO spotlighting the theme A Press for the Planet: …
On the 28th of February 2024, I had the pleasure of being invited by Professor of Political Science and Psychology, Briony Swire-Thompson, to talk to her Psychology of Misinformation class. …
The Chair of the Department of Journalism, Prof Herman Wasserman, travelled to the Netherlands in December where he was a visiting professor at the University of Utrecht and the University …