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The winners will be announced in June. Source: Supplied.

Media

African finalists shine in Wan-Ifra's 2026 Digital Media Awards

3 hours

Media Freedom

“The more things change…”: From Joe Latakgomo to deepfakes

Karabo Ledwaba 24 Feb 2026

Media

Big Tech, AI, and violence: How South African journalism is being tested

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Dec 2025

Social Media

News influencers are reshaping the media – insights from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

Amy Ross Arguedas and Nic Newman 28 Nov 2025

Source: © 123rf Dustin Chick, chief executive at Razor Public Relations South Africa says clickbait should be keeping those of us responsible for managing organisational reputation wide awake at night. More importantly, we should be doing something about it – now

PR & Communications

EXCLUSIVE | Razor's Dustin Chick: When headlines lie, trust dies. Why clickbait is PR’s next big battleground

Dustin Chick 12 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Andrew Chinambu says AI is here, and it will continue to evolve. But we still have a say in how it is used

Media

Defending the soul of journalism in a digital age

Andrew Chinambu 7 Aug 2025

Tini Sevak, VP of audiences & data, CNN International Commercial, says credible news environments offer something rare and powerful: trust (Image supplied)

Media

Credible news environments offer something rare and powerful to brands

Tini Sevak 15 Jul 2025

World News Day 2025 will take place on 28 September (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

World News Day 2025: Journalism makes a difference

7 Jul 2025

Daily Maverick has won Best Digital Product. Source: Daily Maverick.

Media

Daily Maverick wins most Innovative Digital Product at Wan-Ifra's Digital Media Awards

7 May 2025

The future of digital journalism and the role of web monetisation

Media

The future of digital journalism and the role of web monetisation

Alex Lakatos, Issued by MANGO-OMC 28 Mar 2025

Media

MDPMI provisional report findings against tech giants - Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, X, TikTok

25 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Social Media

What does the X exodus to Bluesky mean for journalism?

Craig Robertson 27 Dec 2024

Media

‘News influencers’ are racking up billions of views – and not checking their facts

Kelly Fincham 13 Dec 2024

Ezra Eeman. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

Ezra Eeman joins Wan-Ifra to steer AI initiatives in the media industry

29 Nov 2024

South African Global Marketer Rush Bhana.

Podcasts

The decline of traditional media: How podcasts helped Trump secure victory

Rush Bhana 18 Nov 2024

Media

From darkness to light: Changing media narratives about Africa

J Siguru Wahutu and David Cheruiyot 2 Oct 2024

This year a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa's Daily Maverick, will be featured for World News Day (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

South Africa's Daily Maverick's Choose Truth campaign for World News Day

12 Aug 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Wan-Ifra and OpenAI launch accelerator to boost AI adoption in newsrooms

30 May 2024

Social Media

What’ll happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music

Peter Martin 22 Mar 2024

Media

How audience data is shaping Canadian journalism

Nicole Blanchett 29 Feb 2024

Publishing

Wan-Ifra reveals 18 publishers for Table Stakes Europe Programme's fifth edition

29 Dec 2023

Image supplied. Media, business, government, technology, and community leaders from across Africa and internationally have gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for this year’s annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) forum which ends today

Media

Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 explores media opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2023

Source: © Twitter The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) commemorated Black Wednesday (19 October 1977) with a fundraising dinner addressed by Mpho Makwana, outgoing Eskom Board chairman and sponsored by Absa

Media Freedom

Sanef commemorates Black Wednesday, raises R2m for media freedom

23 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) has been launched by the Competition Commission (Commission)

Online Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) into media content distribution launches

18 Oct 2023

Newspapers

City Press denies 'brown envelope' allegations

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Oct 2023

Source: © Adeniji Aabdullah Podcasting can reinvigorate newsrooms, and it is doing just that in Africa

Online Media

Podcasting reinvigorating newsrooms in Africa

13 Sep 2023

Why Meta's Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet

Technology

Why Meta's Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter yet

Lisa M. Given 7 Jul 2023

Social Media

Young people are abandoning news websites - new research reveals scale of challenge to media

Nic Newman 14 Jun 2023

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

Media

Dr Marcel Mbamalu: The sole African to represent the continent in the 2023 Jefferson Fellowships

1 Jun 2023

Adrian Ephraim is the editor-in-chief at Tech Cabal. Source: Supplied.

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Adrian Ephraim talks new role at Tech Cabal

Karabo Ledwaba 3 May 2023

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Technology

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Mikey Biddlestone, Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden 26 Apr 2023

Social Media

Lineker-BBC row: survey shows how different outlets approach their staff's social media presence

Kelly Fincham 20 Mar 2023

Events & Conferencing

Submissions are open for the 2022 Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism

17 Feb 2023

Source © Matthias Ziegler The third annual Elevate Scholarship class of 50 media professionals includes 20 media professionals from Africa from a total of 31 countries and a record-breaking 432 applications

Media

20 African media professionals receive Elevate Scholarship

5 Dec 2022

5 South African recipients announced as part of the third Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge

Media

5 South African recipients announced as part of the third Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge

Issued by Irvine Partners 1 Aug 2022

Source: © Prism Awards The 25th Prism Awards will award 140 winners from 250 entires this year

Prism Awards

Prism Awards 2022: more entries, more winners

13 Jul 2022

Supplied. Gomotsegang Motswatswe, senior account manager at Tribeca Public Relations

PR & Communications

How public relations have had to evolve with a changing media landscape

Gomotsegang Motswatswe 11 Jul 2022

Source: © scyther5

Media

PSS submits draft legislation challenging Google and Meta

3 May 2022

Source: © Unesco World Press Freedom Day looks to restore public trust in journalists and journalism

Media Freedom

#WorldPressFreedomDay: Restoring public trust in journalism

Zubeida Jaffer 3 May 2022

Source: © Times Live Moshoeshoe Monare (centre) is new SABC group executive for News and Current Affairs

TV

Moshoeshoe Monare new SABC group executive for News and Current Affairs

29 Apr 2022

Media

Journalism has changed. Education must reflect the reality

Franz Krüger 25 Feb 2022

World's press demands protection of journalists in Russia-Ukraine conflict

Media

World's press demands protection of journalists in Russia-Ukraine conflict

25 Feb 2022

Source: © rawpixel

Media

Are digital platforms eating (good) journalism's lunch?

Danette Breitenbach 4 Feb 2022

Source: © Valentina Todorova

Media

Media companies continue to resist data democratisation

14 Jan 2022

Africa's digital media disruptors 'punching above their weight'

Research

Africa's digital media disruptors 'punching above their weight'

11 Nov 2021

Google, Unesco to support digital journalism training in Africa

Education

Google, Unesco to support digital journalism training in Africa

26 Oct 2021

22 media innovators to receive funding from GNI Innovation Challenge

Media

22 media innovators to receive funding from GNI Innovation Challenge

14 Jul 2021

Media

Wan-Ifra announces third round of Table Stakes Europe

8 Jul 2021

Media

Wan-Ifra launches new data group to equip data practitioners with powerful journalism analytics

2 Jun 2021