During a webinar on ‘Reclaiming African journalism in the the public interest,’ The Continent’s Lydia Nambiru was asked to define more clearly what those two things mean:
Taryn Isaacs De Vega: “What is African journalism, and when is it in the public interest?”
Lydia Nambiru: “[I]t very often depends on the moment or context, what the issues are and what the solutions are to particular communities. To reclaim it in the public interest would mean investing in and supporting African newsrooms and employing more journalists, especially women, and journalists who have worked in community radio stations.”
Reported in the Mail & Guardian
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