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No Easy Solutions: Zambian Journalism’s ‘Blalizo’ Problem
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2023), 18 pp.
"A suggestion by Government to introduce a minimum wage has the potential to ensure that journalists are paid a living wage, making it feasible to start an open conversation about the ethical implications of accepting blalizo [a “transport refund” issued to journalists by the organisers of event
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The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Media Corruption: A Comparative Study in South and North Europe
International Communication Gazette, volume 84, issue 1 (2022), pp. 66-89
"Although extensive research has been conducted into the role of the media in fighting corruption, media organisations and journalists themselves are not immune to it. The issue of corruption in the media remains understudied and has thus far mainly focused on case-studies of specific countries char
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Off and Online Journalism and Corruption: International Comparative Analysis
London: Intech Open (2020), various pag.
The Causes and Consequences of Plagiarism by Journalists in Central Asia
Asian Studies Review, volume 44, issue 4 (2020), pp. 691-708
"Central Asia has been generally omitted from most academic debates, including those on the causes and consequences of widespread plagiarism and copy-and-paste behaviour among journalists. In this article I address this problem by interviewing working journalists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikis
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Cultural and Moral Implications of Soli and its Effects on Journalism in Northern Ghana
Journal of Media Ethics, volume 34, issue 1 (2019), pp. 41-51
"The issue of soli (Soli is a Ghanaian journalistic parlance referring to the practice where journalists accept money or other forms of gifts as sitting allowance after covering an event.) or content-influencing gifts and its relations to the professional practice of journalist and other media worke
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Media corruption and issues of journalistic and institutional integrity in post-communist countries: The case of Bulgaria
Communist and Post-Communist Studies, volume 52, issue 1 (2019), pp. 71-79
"From a normative standpoint the media are usually seen as one of the pillars of a national integrity system, entrusted with the tasks of exposing and preventing acts of corruption and educating the public of the harm caused by corruption. Nevertheless, corruption continues to be one of the most sig
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Per Diem Payments as a form of Censorship and Control: The Case of Guinea-Bissau’s Journalism
Journalism Studies, volume 20, issue 16 (2019), pp. 2349-2365
"This article discusses the habit of politicians paying journalists per diem rates in exchange for media coverage. Although bribery and money incentives have been studied as practices that compromise the ethics of journalism in several African countries, this paper researches Guinea-Bissau as an exa
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Newsmaking Cultures in Africa: Normative Trends in the Dynamics of Socio-Political and Economic Struggles
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London: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxv, 396 pp.
"The volume digs beneath the standardised and universalised veneer of professionalism to unpack routine practices and normative trends shaped by local factors, including the structural conditions of deprivation, entrenched political instability (and interference), pervasive neo-patrimonial governanc
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État des lieux de la presse aux Congos
Pierre Ntsemou (préface)
Congo-Brazzaville; Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 155 pp.
"Joseph Okania fait ici l'autopsie, voire une intervention chirurgicale, de ce mal récurrent qu'est l'amateurisme de nos journalistes, lequel, bien que décrié par tous, gangrène le corps de la presse congolaise, rives droite et gauche confondues. Après une immersion complète et une laborieuse
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Negotiating Journalism: Core Values and Cultural Diversities
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), 170 pp.
Developing Sustainable News Media in Africa: A Professionalisation Model to Curtail “the Brown Envelope” and Other Corrupting Influences
Journal of Media Business Studies, volume 14, issue 1 (2017), pp. 5-24
"The development of free, independent, and sustainable news media in Africa is bedevilled by the “brown envelope syndrome,” the widespread practice of accepting money for news coverage. This paper reveals the pernicious effects the brown envelope syndrome has on African journalism and its abilit
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The Political Economy of Climate Change Reporting in Nigeria
African Journalism Studies, volume 38, issue 1 (2017), pp. 40-65
"While scholarly inquiries into the coverage of climate change in Africa are growing, there appears to be a dearth of studies focusing on how the political economy shapes the coverage. This qualitative study addresses this gap by exploring how vested interests, corruption and declining advertising r
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Untold Stories: How Corruption and Conflicts of Interest Stalk the Newsroom
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London: Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) (2015), v, 82 pp.
"This report, which has been produced by a group of distinguished journalists and their supporters, examines the broad scope of the crisis. It covers countries where media are on the frontline of tough political battles, such as Egypt and Turkey. In Ukraine, for instance, the practice of paid-for jo
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Media Integrity Matters: Reclaiming Public Service Values in Media and Journalism
Sandra B. Hrvatin Contrib.;Londo, Ilda;Hodžic, Sanela;Popovic, Helena;Trpevska, Snežana;Micevski, Igor;Matic, Jovanka;Valic Nedeljkovic, Dubravka
Ljubljana: Peace Institute;South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) (2014), 445 pp.
"This book is an attempt to address obstacles to a democratic development of media systems in the countries of South East Europe by mapping patterns of corrupt relations and practices in media policy development, media ownership and financing, public service broadcasting, and journalism as a profess
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Overview of Corruption in the Media in Developing Countries
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre;Transparency International;Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (2013), 11 pp.
"In developing countries, the media is often confronted by a combination of factors that create fertile grounds for corruption, such as lack of training and technical skills, low professional standards, limited financial resources, opaque or government controlled ownership structures, inadequate and
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Starving the Messenger: A Study of Journalists’ Conditions of Service in Malawi
Journal of Development and Communication Studies, volume 2, issue 2-3 (2013), pp. 301-311
"This study used in-depth interviews to investigate the conditions of service and welfare of journalists in Malawi. It found that while the Media Council of Malawi code of professional ethics and standards and in-house policies expected the best out the journalists, the majority of the journalists,
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Ethical Dilemma Revisited: PBO Newspapers and the Professional Elbowroom of the Nigerian Journalist
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 3 (2013), pp. 295-312
"Focusing on politician-businessperson-owned (PBO) newspapers, the study examined how loyalty to the owners’ multiple interests has reduced the professional elbowroom of the Nigerian journalist. Through in-depth interviews and textual analysis, the study found that journalists in PBO newspapers ar
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Assessing Global Inequality of Bribery for News Coverage: A Cross-National Study
Mass Communication & Society, volume 15, issue 2 (2012), pp. 201-225
"Bribery for news coverage has a negative impact on the credibility of media; it also restricts the free flow of information and violates the public's right to know. Further, research showed that there exists considerable inequality among countries in terms of the extent to which bribery for news co
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Bribery and Corruption in African Journalism
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African Communication Research (St. Augustine University Mwanza), volume 3, issue 3 (2010), pp. 367-575
Cash for Coverage: Bribery of Journalists Around the World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 33 pp.
"With all the organized efforts to support media development and defend press freedom around the world, there has been remarkably little done in any concerted way to reduce the problem of corrupt journalism", states this report. Ristow proposes that international journalism organizations should issu
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