It provides an introduction and guide to responsible and ethical practices for reporting on stories that involve information ...

[Nairobi, Kenya, 25 March 2025] – The Consortium for Human Rights and Media (CHARM), through three of its partners – the Wits Centre for Journalism, Fojo Media Institute, and Magamba Network – is ...

The Wits Centre for Journalism and Wits Department of Sociology hosted internationally acclaimed Delhi-based photographer Ishan Tankha at a postgraduate seminar at the Centre. Convenor of the African ...

Heavy rains and a failed irrigation project have led to floods along rivers in Sokoto state, disproportionately impacting people with mobility issues. Abdul-Azeez Hassan lives with the effects of a ...

Sat on a crumbling wall of concrete blocks, 71-year-old Agbasa Stanley gazes out at the Gulf of Guinea. Here in Dzakplagbe village, in Ghana’s south-eastern Volta region, Stanley’s face is a mixture ...

Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons of GroundUp took 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 ...

A special and exciting programme to develop a new generation of investigative reporters, a partnership between Wits Journalism, Rhodes School of Journalism and Media Studies and the Open Society ...

Two permanent judges represent out funders the Valley Trust, Wits Centre for Journalism and the international media. They are assisted by judges appointed each year. Tom Cloete is a Judge of the ...

Taco Kuiper Grants are made to encourage investigate journalism in South African print media. A fund of up to R350 000 is available annually. Grants are available for print journalists or print ...

Over seventy Taco Kuiper grants have been made between 2007 and 2017, with a total value of oR2.7m. These have gone to individuals, both employed and freelance, groups of journalists, editors for a ...

Cross-examination techniques for investigative reporters. This session discusses how journalists may more forensically expose false denials by respondents in researching and writing a story. It draws ...