SU’s Herman Wasserman joins authoritative new global information environment expert panel

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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Local news in spotlight at Journalism department’s Press Freedom Day celebration

“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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Never Just Food: Call for Papers

The South African Research Chair in Science Communication, housed at the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University, invites papers for its upcoming symposium, Never Just Food: Nourishment, Science and Culture in Southern Africa. This symposium brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on the role and meaning of food in society from a Southern African context. We welcome …

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ICA in Africa: Call for Papers

The University of Cape Town (UCT) and Stellenbosch University (SU) will be hosting the International Communication Association Regional Conference under the theme De-centering international communication studies: Africanperspectives. The conference theme builds on the imperative to de-Westernize communication studies that has beena concern in global communication scholarship for over a decade. The theme invites contributions that …

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Postdoctoral Fellowship available: Disinformation and Investigative Journalism

The postdoctoral fellow will conduct research on aspects related to disinformation, its impact on journalism and trust in the media, and explore ways in which investigative journalism may counter disinformation in African contexts. The aim of the fellowship is to contribute to knowledge production in the area of disinformation in Africa through publication and research activities.

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