Month: May 2023

Prof Herman Wasserman, Chair of the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been invited to join a new international authoritative panel of experts who will address threats to the global information environment. The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) was officially launched yesterday (24 May 2023) at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit held in Washington DC. …

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“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” So said Nathan Geffen (pictured), editor of GroundUp, about the reporting approach his news agency followed when they started investigating the prison escape of the infamous Thabo Bester. Geffen was the keynote speaker at the Department of Journalism’s annual Press Freedom Day celebration on Wednesday 3 May. This year’s event …

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