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…