Today marks the end of a chapter that has been filled with growth, challenges, and an incredible sense of community. As we bid farewell to our “Creating a Solutions Culture” blog, we want to take a moment to reflect and express our gratitude to you, our readers, for engaging with…
The objective of this blog is to put the online media coverage of South Africa’s recent win of the 2023 Rugby World Cup within the context of the field of communication for development (C4D) and ICT for development (ICT4D). The aim is to link the role of the media through…
Introduction In this essay, firstly I will take the opportunity to expand on the topic of citizen journalists and the solutions they can offer to challenges in reporting on crises, which I have previously made a four-minute explainer video about for our blog, Creating a Solutions Culture. I’m glad of…
This article is an elaboration of the post I published on our blog on 21 October 2023: “Solutions journalism and digital humanitarianism: Two distinct yet related concepts addressing social issues.” In this article, I will attempt to link the arguments made on the blog with academic debates and existing literature….
Digital Journalism, the new pamphlet of news From YouTube to Google, social media, and even video games. ICT is present today in everything we do and how we communicate has changed extensively, going from newspapers publishing the “breaking news” the next day to radio stations to CNN’s creation in the…
The Associated Press News has been publishing on a daily basis new figures about the Israel-Hamas conflict and its toll of deaths, which has triggered many manifestations in several countries. These numbers are constantly on the increase, and people are starting to wonder when this conflict will end. CNN has…
Solutions journalism is a storytelling approach that, as the Solutions Journalism Network defines it, focuses on programs related to the response of solving social problems on local, national and international levels. Many news organizations are currently redefining how they tell stories, and one tool they are utilizing to reconnect with…
Citizen journalists play a crucial role in reporting on crises by providing unique perspectives, real-time updates, and often, access to areas and communities that traditional journalists may find difficult to reach. Whether citizen journalism can be considered the “solution” depends on the context and what issues we are addressing. It…
This blog post provides the theoretical underpinnings of how digital constructive journalism may enable social change via hope. Constructive journalism is broadly part of the media for development and ICT for development (ICT4D) agendas. These two agendas can further be categorised under the academic discipline of communication for development (C4D)….
Growing up in South Africa with its myriad of challenges, the news cycle can be relentless. Poverty, inequality, crime, unemployment and challenges within education, health and more recently electricity provision are front and centre of everyday life. However, South Africans, regarded as resilient and hopeful, will not miss the opportunity…