Southern Africa

Social Media Guidelines | For media professionals & journalists in Southern Africa

Read our latest guidelines developed collaboratively with journalists and media professionals from across Southern Africa.

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The audience of PSM news (Report)

In the current digital media age, how can PSM news expand their audience reach when younger audiences are getting their news from alternative sources and populist attitudes seem to be on the rise?

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Webinar | Social Media Guidelines for Journalists & Media Makers in Southern Africa

Join us on 18 July for our live webinar on developing social media guidelines for journalists and media makers in Southern Africa. 

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Social media guidelines for Southern Africa to be published soon

Social media guidelines for broadcasters across Southern Africa are being developed following a collaborative 3-day workshop organised by PMA and UNESCO in Namibia earlier this week.

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Developing social media guidelines for broadcasters in Southern Africa

PMA and UNESCO’s latest workshop to develop social media guidelines for broadcasters in Southern Africa kicked off today.

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PSM Weekly | 5-11 June 2019

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

UNESCO IPDC

PMA Workshop | Developing Social Media Guidelines for Broadcasters in Southern Africa

Our new workshop seeks to collaboratively establish guidelines to strengthen the role of social media in the Southern Africa region.

Uganda

Silencing the Twitter-Chatter

Legislation to fight ‘fake news’ and cyber-crimes across Sub-Saharan Africa endangers press freedom

UNESCO IPDC

Social Media Guidelines for Caribbean Journalists & Media Practitioners

The Public Media Alliance, in collaboration with the UNESCO Caribbean Cluster Office, have launched a new set of Social Media Guidelines for the Caribbean region.

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VoxPop – A Social Media Beginning For Public Broadcasters?

RNZ is helping develop a new public service social media riding an emerging new wave of Speech Recognition technology.