Navigating Trauma in African Journalism, Volume 2
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2025), xxiii, 262 pp.
ISBN 978-3-031-94673-8 (ebook)
"This second volume focuses on primary trauma experienced by journalists, with a particular focus on the gendered dimensions, as shared by female journalists and researchers. By focusing on female journalists’ firsthand encounters, the book explores the complex psychological, emotional, and professional challenges they face both inside and outside the newsroom. The chapters deal with specific issues relating to sexual harassment, online threats, risks and vulnerabilities, and physical and psychological violence experienced by journalists in various sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, the book explores the coping mechanisms employed by journalists in the field; thereby contributing to ongoing discussion on how to support media professionals navigating challenging newsrooms and journalistic roles in Africa and beyond. Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam is Deputy Head of School for Teaching and Research, senior lecturer in Media Studies, and Master’s programme coordinator in the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa. His latest book is Children and Young People’s Digital Lifeworlds: Domestication, Mediation, and Agency published in 2024 by Palgrave Macmillan under the book series of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Kealeboga Aiseng is a senior lecturer in the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His books include Sociolinguistics of South African Television: Language Ideologies in Selected Case Studies, Political Economy of African Popular Culture: Political Interplay (co-edited), Public Health Communication Challenges to Minority and Indigenous Communities (co-edited), and Social Media and Gender in Africa: Discourses and Politics of Everyday Life (co-edited)." (Publisher description)
GENDERED DIMENSIONS IN AFRICAN JOURNALISTIC TRAUMA
Introduction: Navigating Trauma in African Journalism—Focus on Gender and Coping Mechanisms / Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Kealeboga Aiseng, 3
The Magada/Mhandu Saga as a Case Study of Online Sexual Harassment of Female Journalists by Their Managers in Zimbabwe / Witness Roya, 13
Navigating the Digital Abyss: A Comprehensive Analysis of Gender-Based Threats to Female Journalists in Kenya / Protus Akwabi Murunga, 31
Sexual Harassment of Female Journalists in the Ugandan Media Newsrooms / John Semakula, Emilly Comfort Maractho, Angella Napakol, 51
Gendered Vulnerabilities in At-Risk Reporting for Female Journalists in Nigeria / Ifeanyi Ebenezer Onyike, Ike S. Ndolo, 71
Shooting the Messenger: The Effects of Violence on Female Journalists / George Nyabuga, Shitemi Khamadi, 93
NETWORKED HARASSMENT AND SURVEILLANCE
Networked Harassment of Journalists in Nigeria: Motivations, Coping Strategies and Solutions / Temple Uwalaka, 113
Living in Fear of Surveillance: A Look at Surveillance from the Lived Experiences of Local and Foreign Journalists in Kenya / Benjamin Muindi, 135
MITIGATION AND COPING MECHANISMS
Mapping Threat, Trauma, and Therapy for Investigative Journalists in Nigeria / Ikechukwu Williams Eke, 153
“Those Who Produce News Should Stay Sane”: Analysing the Support System for the Mental Well-being of Journalists in Southwest, Nigeria / Dickson Oluwasina Ogunkunle, Adeola Obafemi Mobolaji, Stephen Damilola Odebiyi, Oreoluwa Pero Aladejuyigbe, 175
Trauma-Informed Journalism Education in Ghana: Perspectives of Two Critical Stakeholders / Daniel Boateng, Kwesi Aggrey, Ebenezer Nyamekye Nkrumah, 197
Journalism at Risk: Safeguarding Journalism Through Safety and Trauma Education / Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Manfred A. K. Asuman, 219
African Epistemology—A Panacea for Trauma Mitigations Among Journalists in East Africa / Ouma Lydia Radoli, 243
Introduction: Navigating Trauma in African Journalism—Focus on Gender and Coping Mechanisms / Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Kealeboga Aiseng, 3
The Magada/Mhandu Saga as a Case Study of Online Sexual Harassment of Female Journalists by Their Managers in Zimbabwe / Witness Roya, 13
Navigating the Digital Abyss: A Comprehensive Analysis of Gender-Based Threats to Female Journalists in Kenya / Protus Akwabi Murunga, 31
Sexual Harassment of Female Journalists in the Ugandan Media Newsrooms / John Semakula, Emilly Comfort Maractho, Angella Napakol, 51
Gendered Vulnerabilities in At-Risk Reporting for Female Journalists in Nigeria / Ifeanyi Ebenezer Onyike, Ike S. Ndolo, 71
Shooting the Messenger: The Effects of Violence on Female Journalists / George Nyabuga, Shitemi Khamadi, 93
NETWORKED HARASSMENT AND SURVEILLANCE
Networked Harassment of Journalists in Nigeria: Motivations, Coping Strategies and Solutions / Temple Uwalaka, 113
Living in Fear of Surveillance: A Look at Surveillance from the Lived Experiences of Local and Foreign Journalists in Kenya / Benjamin Muindi, 135
MITIGATION AND COPING MECHANISMS
Mapping Threat, Trauma, and Therapy for Investigative Journalists in Nigeria / Ikechukwu Williams Eke, 153
“Those Who Produce News Should Stay Sane”: Analysing the Support System for the Mental Well-being of Journalists in Southwest, Nigeria / Dickson Oluwasina Ogunkunle, Adeola Obafemi Mobolaji, Stephen Damilola Odebiyi, Oreoluwa Pero Aladejuyigbe, 175
Trauma-Informed Journalism Education in Ghana: Perspectives of Two Critical Stakeholders / Daniel Boateng, Kwesi Aggrey, Ebenezer Nyamekye Nkrumah, 197
Journalism at Risk: Safeguarding Journalism Through Safety and Trauma Education / Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey, Manfred A. K. Asuman, 219
African Epistemology—A Panacea for Trauma Mitigations Among Journalists in East Africa / Ouma Lydia Radoli, 243
