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Bogotá: Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2023), 27 pp.
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The risks of peace: Exploring the relationship between peaceocracy and journalism in Kenya

Cecilia Arregui Olivera, David Cheruiyot
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Fotogeschichten und Geschichtsbilder: Aneignung und Umdeutung historischer Fotografien in Tansania

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Summary Report on Ugandan Media Coverage of Road Safety

Kampala: African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 15 pp.
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Gender equality in digital policy in Ethiopia

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Burgert Senekal, Susan Brokensha
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Van Belle, Jean-Paul, Kelle Howson, Richards Heeks, Louise Bezuidenhout, Pitso Tsibolane, Darcy du Toit, Sandra Fredman, Paul Mungai
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Gerlad Walulya, Ivan Lukanda, Sulaiman Kakaire, George Lugalambi, Brian Ssenabulya, Rachel Mugarura-Mutana
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Tony Roberts, Tanja Bosch (eds.)
London et al.: Zed Books (2023), xxi, 234 pp.
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Florence Awino Ouma, Nicodemus Nyakundi, Judy Okite
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James Lowry (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xv, 342 pp.
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The struggle for authority and legitimacy: Lifestyle and political journalists’ discursive boundary work

Sandra Banjac, Folker Hanusch
Journalism, volume 24, issue 10 (2023), pp. 2155–2173
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Country Report: Biometric Digital Identity Programs and Independent Journalism in Uganda

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2023), 28 pp.
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Beyond Cheerleading: Navigating the Boundaries of Science Journalism in South Africa

Suzanne Franks, Marina Joubert, Rebecca Wells, Lali Van Zuydam
Journalism Studies, volume 24, issue 14 (2023), pp. 1734-1753
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Fintech for Who? Demand for Digital Financial Services and FinTech in Tanzania

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