Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic has played a crucial role across the globe providing practical information, holding government accountable, requiring responsible behaviour from citizens and influencing perceptions. This webinar unpacked the implications of different narratives in media coverage of… Continue Reading
Wednesday, June 3, 20201:00 PM – 2:00 PM SASTRegister here. Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic has played a crucial role across the globe providing practical information, holding government accountable, requiring responsible behaviour from citizens and influencing perceptions. While the… Continue Reading
By Liam Lee, Chief international desk correspondent at Ta Kung Pao Daily. First published in Chinese under the title 冲出包围圈 一家中国制药企业的加纳故事 in Ta Kung Pao Daily, and in Hong Kong in Wenwei Daily. This is a typical dry and warm… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project) at Wits Journalism is inviting journalists to submit proposals for reporting grants of up to US$1,500 for investigations focused on public health and related issues. See How to apply and Potential focus areas below. The Project… Continue Reading
Chinese investment has led to a crush of infrastructure development in Ghana’s tropical forests—and not everyone is happy about it. By Nosmot Gbadamosi, published by FP (foreignpolicy.com). Nosmot’s previous publication, Activists in Ghana lead fight against China-backed bauxite mine in… Continue Reading
Africa-China Reporting Project online training and dissemination partner, the China Africa Project (CAP), and the Beijing-based development communications agency Diinsider are launching an exciting new multimedia initiative that will showcase key innovations, programmes and trends in the African health and… Continue Reading
By ND Francois, first published on Africa Times, and in French at Chine Magazine. When terror struck Nairobi almost one year ago, David Mwangi had yet to graduate from Kenya Police College. He and his colleagues watched the attack unfold… Continue Reading
The Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP or the Project) hosted its Africa-China Journalists Forum (the Forum) on 30 October 2019, which this year formed part of Wits Journalism’s African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC). The Forum is the annual gathering of journalists… Continue Reading
By Chinese photographer Liu Yuyang. Note: Liu Yuyang’s series of photographs shown below, taken on board a Chinese fishing vessel off Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau in the Atlantic Ocean, formed part of a series called 漂在西非 Drifting in West Africa.… Continue Reading
10 journalists from Benin, Malawi, Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, China, Zimbabwe and Zambia were selected to attend the Africa-China Reporting Project‘s Digital Identity, Data & Technology in Africa Workshop in Johannesburg on 28-31 October 2019, that also included sessions at Wits Journalism’s African… Continue Reading