People, Power, Truth: Human Rights, Civil Society & the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Inspiring Practice
Kalmar: Consortium to Promote Human Rights, Civic Freedoms and Media Development (CHARM) Africa;Fojo Media Institute;Civicus;Civil Rights Defenders (2021), 88 pp.
ISBN 978-91-89283-53-4 (print); 978-91-89283-52-7 (online)
CC BY-SA
"Journalists alone cannot save journalism, and civil society activists and human rights defenders alone cannot defend civil space. This is why multi-stakeholder coalitions, as well as regional and international networks, constitute an essential pathway to identify and deliver solutions to the complex challenges confronting both media systems and civil society. Coalitions can provide opportunities for media and civil society to work in a more strategic and coordinated manner on relevant issues, and to build the political will needed to sustain progress." (Page 3)
Media + civil society = sustainable journalism & human rights, 2
Is it Feasible? The case for the coalition of media and civil society in the fight for civic space / Joseph Kabiru, 6
Seeing African women in media / Yemisi Akinbobola, 12
Should journalists do advocacy? / Murray Hunter, 16
Creativity in the face of clampdowns / Samm Farai Monro, 23
The war against misinformation demands a group effort / Retha Langa, 28
Friends and partners / Memory Bandera, 34
Transforming traditional journalism into sustainable journalism / Lars Tallert, 40
Collaboration, disruption & innovation / Tshepo Tshabalala, 48
Standing witness to human rights defenders / David Kode, 52
Integrating journalists into the human rights defenders agenda / Samwel Mohochi, 58
Investigative journalism & advocacy: natural allies ? / Anne Koch, 64
The most meaningful impact is through coalition / Mark Lee Hunter and Anton Harber, 72
A union model of public interest health journalism / Marcus Low, 82
What's next? 88
Is it Feasible? The case for the coalition of media and civil society in the fight for civic space / Joseph Kabiru, 6
Seeing African women in media / Yemisi Akinbobola, 12
Should journalists do advocacy? / Murray Hunter, 16
Creativity in the face of clampdowns / Samm Farai Monro, 23
The war against misinformation demands a group effort / Retha Langa, 28
Friends and partners / Memory Bandera, 34
Transforming traditional journalism into sustainable journalism / Lars Tallert, 40
Collaboration, disruption & innovation / Tshepo Tshabalala, 48
Standing witness to human rights defenders / David Kode, 52
Integrating journalists into the human rights defenders agenda / Samwel Mohochi, 58
Investigative journalism & advocacy: natural allies ? / Anne Koch, 64
The most meaningful impact is through coalition / Mark Lee Hunter and Anton Harber, 72
A union model of public interest health journalism / Marcus Low, 82
What's next? 88
