Media release
Press Freedom celebration calls for moment of reflection
Maintaining audience trust and building relationships are key to the continued resilience of journalism in the face of sustained threats.
This was one of the...
Media release
Journalism alumni awarded SA Akademiepryse
Two alumni of the Department of Journalism are winners of the prestigious Academy Awards for 2026.
On 22 April, the South African Academy of Science and Arts...
Media release
Open Day comes ‘home’ to the Department of Journalism
For the first time since the institution of Open Day at Stellenbosch University, the Department of Journalism opened its own building at 26 Crozier Street for...
Arts, languages and social sciences
From podcast policy to African perspectives: honours students engage with media spaces
The 2026 BAHons Journalism students engaged with South Africa’s evolving media landscape by attending the Portfolio Committee Meeting on Communication and...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Dr Meli M Ncube Presents at Countering Foreign Interference (CFI) Africa Forum in Senegal
Dr Meli M Ncube of Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism was among the researchers, policymakers, journalists and civil society organisations from...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Collaboration with Stanford to digitise colonial newspaper
Prof Gawie Botma from the Journalism Department of Stellenbosch University (SU) is collaborating with two academics from Stanford University in the United...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Journalism graduates score SAFTA-nomination for doccie
Four graduates from the BAHons Journalism class of 2023 have made history through a nomination for the Best Student Film at the 19th Annual South African Film...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Honours students visit Cape Town media houses
Starting with a “GOOD MORNING!” shout-out, in studio with Good Hope FM DJ Leigh-Anne Williams, Stellenbosch University’s Journalism class of 2026 spent a day...
Arts, languages and social sciences
CINIA convenes IDRC partner’s summit to strengthen information integrity in the Global South
The challenge of building an inclusive, just, equitable, enabling and safe information ecosystem was the focus of a recent week-long planning workshop in...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Brand new faces at the Department of Journalism
The Department of Journalism welcomed two new groups of students over the past few weeks. First, the master’s students took part in a workshop week (19 to 23...