Revue du Droit des Media: Republique Democratique du Congo

Kinshasa: Buchvorstellung sehr gut besucht

Revue du Droit des Media is the only freely available and updated reference for journalists, media managers, politicians and scholars that considers the impact of DRC's new constitution (passed in April 2006) on existing media policy and conduct. The title also contains statutes recently used to regulate media conduct during that country's first successful legislative and presidential elections in forty years. The book is published in French and is available from offices of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung: DRC in Kinshasa. The book is also available online in PDF format.

Business Unusual: Gender and economic reporting. A Southern African work book

As a region, the Southern African Development Community seeks to better the lives of its citizens, women and men, through closer regional co-operation. Yet the gender dimensions of macroeconomic policy, budgets, trade, work and business are among the least understood by policy makers, media decision makers and practitioners.

Use Media to Teach Media

Ideas for media trainers

Use Media to Teach Media addresses the needs of journalism trainers working on the African continent (although its cases and examples can be easily adapted by teachers working in other contexts). The book takes the reader through the process of developing effective training for journalists phase by phase (whether for classroom or newsroom). Use Media takes the novice from training needs assessment, curriculum design, planning content, designing materials and training techniques all the way up to course assessment and follow-up.

SADC Media Law - A Handbook for Media Practitioners: Lesotho, DRC, Tanzania

Volume 3

The third book in the KAS's media law series focuses on the legislative regimes and media conditions in some of the tiniest and most vast countries in Africa. Startling similarities in law and the way authorities in Tanzania, Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of Congo treat their journalists are revealed.

A Watchdog's Guide to Investigative Reporting

A simple introduction to principles and practice in investigative reporting

'A Watchdog’s Guide to Investigative Reporting' is a simple introduction to the nuts and bolts of investigative journalism sprinkled with anecdotes and advice from some leading journalists. Written by senior journalism lecturer, Derek Forbes, the book comes at a time of renewed interest into the role of the fourth estate and investigative reporting to hold the powerful to account. Journalists who want to report on and in Africa are sure to benefit from the tips, suggestions, resources and legal information (on all SADC countries) contained in its pages.

SADC Media Law - A Handbook for Media Practitioners: Zambia, Swaziland, Botswana

Volume 2

After analyzing the media laws in Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Southafrica KAS now published volume 2 of the Handbook series "SADC Media Law". The book provides insight into the working conditions of journalists in Botswana, Sambia and Swaziland, providing reporters as well as lawyers or media managers with deep insights into the acutal legal situation of media practitioners in the respective countries.

Media & Election Reporting in South Africa

Seminar Report 2004

Available exclusively in PDF, this publication is a compilation of presentations made by trainers to South African participants at the MISA/KAS/ACCORD/IFJ Media and Elections workshops.

SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners in South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Namibia

Volume 1

The first in-depth comparative study of media laws in four southern Africa countries has been published as a means to help synchronize media legislation and support press freedom initiatives across the region.

Journalism.co.za

Online Resource

Journalism.co.za is a website - an online journalism portal for Southern African media. In 2002, the newly established department of Journalism at the University of Witwatersrand approached the KAS Media Programme for help to create a tool to network, inform and develop a dialog between working journalists in Southern Africa while simultaneously providing an online platform for teaching journalism at the university.

Rhodes Journalism Review

Rhodes Journalism Review is a specialist magazine published by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University to help South African and African journalists understand the ever-changing context in which they work. Distributed to all major newsrooms, role players and communication policy makers in the South African media, the title also goes out to media scholars and others throughout the continent, including Europe, Australia and America. This biannual title is a window for practitioners to reflect on aspects of their craft.