Benon Herbert Oluka
Africa Editor at Global Investigative Journalism Network
Editor at @gijnAfrica | Mentor at @_AfricanUnion Media Fellowship | Social Entrepreneur at @menterprise_af
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Nov 17, 2024 |
gijn.org | Benon Herbert Oluka |Maxime Domegni
Investigative journalists in Africa have to bear many blows — from repressive governments, corporations trying to silence them, travel and visa restrictions, physical attacks, lawsuits such as SLAPPs, limited funding, and skill and training gaps. Still, they have found ways to overcome those challenges. African investigative journalists have consistently produced impactful stories — year after year after year — while also devising strategies to grow their audiences.
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Aug 26, 2024 |
gijn.org | Benon Herbert Oluka
Despite the funding and sustainability challenges that watchdog reporting faces today, journalists across Africa are producing top-tier investigative stories. This is evident in, among others, the GIJN Editor’s Picks stories for the region from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and the decade before. However, Africa needs to catch up to the rest of the muckraking world in raising the funds that its news organizations need to support the production of investigative stories.
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