Stories
Our stories examine the ways that race, religion, class, dis/ability, age, gender and sexual identity issues intersect with major topics in the media, and aim to bring new perspectives to light.
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Killing the Messenger: attacks on press freedom in South Sudan
By Paul Jimbo Despite the general feeling that all is well in South Sudan with regards to press freedom, the truth is, that the media in the world’s youngest nation is under attack. A closer scrutiny of the media situation...
Sudan’s Conflict Spreads: Is This the Start of a New Civil War?
Published: 2 September 2011 in the Time magazine Country: South Sudan By Alan Boswell/Nairobi (Taken from the Time magazine online …
Press Freedom: Views from stakeholders
Hon. Joy Kwaje, Head of the Committee of Information, South Sudan Legislative Assembly: “As a committee, we are committed to …
UNESCO provides training on post conflict sensitive reporting
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is committed to media development and press freedom in South Sudan. …
UJOSS press freedom observatory report on the state of press freedom a...
By UJOSS Amongst the challenges facing the fledgling state of South Sudan is the dire need to promote and establish …
Windhoek Anniversary timely as South Sudan struggles with press freedo...
By Oliver Modi The 3rd May is the date set aside annually to celebrate World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). This …
GoSS Minister of Information’s views on Press Freedom in South Sudan
By Paul Jimbo Before the independence of South Sudan, the then Sudan was synonymous with grabbing local and international news …
South Sudanese journalists resort to self-censorship for survival
By Paullina Poni Journalists in South Sudan have resorted to self-censorship as a survival tactic to defy the odds arrayed …
Sponsor the People’s Voice
Introduction The People’s Voice is a monthly newspaper supplement produced by the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS), in …
MDI workshop for MENA academics on developing Reporting Diversity Curr...
Event date: 23 – 25 September 2011 Country: Tunisia The Media Diversity institute is to hold a training workshop ‘Reporting …
