I am currently attending the Africa Journalism Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe. #AJMS2024. Two days of discussing local journalism in the age of disruption. Wits Politics Wits Centre for Journalism CAS Edinburgh

As we proceed with the #AJMS2024 conference, we engage in a Break-away session Roundtable - Journalism Education in Africa: Preparing the Next Generation of Journalists in the Age of Disruption  | By Dr. Albert Sharra, Wits University/University of Edinburgh

Cutting through clutter-How media innovators in Africa are Reinventing storytelling formats to navigate Disruption by Albert Sharra from Wits University/University of Edinburgh #AJMS2024

The Commission of Inquiry into the June 10 2024 military plane crash that killed Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others says there has been a poor response from members of the public to the inquiry's call for any information regarding the accident.

South Sudan blocks social media.

'Technologies and Media Production Cultures'—edited by Albert Sharra and Ufuoma Akpojivi—delves into the intricate relationship between technology and media production, emphasizing its influence across political, socio-economic, and cultural contexts. bit.ly/40C9PbA

Today, #vendors in #Malawi disrupted Parliament activities, protesting inflation and rising costs of second hand clothes. In the link below, opposition leaders calming down angry protesters at Parliament gates. facebook.com/share/v/15mx8T…

The biggest citation mistake isn't plagiarism. It's citing sources you have never actually read. When you reference material you've only seen quoted elsewhere, you: • Appear knowledgeable without doing the work • Perpetuate misinterpretations • Miss crucial context Read

Celebrating my ⁦⁦Wits Politics⁩ student, #TintswaloChauke, for winning the Honours Research Essay Prize. It was a pleasure supervising her dissertation on State Intelligence in Ghana during the Cold War. She is brilliant and among the few who got distinctions in research

Our new book is coming out soon. Thanks to ⁦IASH, Edinburgh⁩ ⁦CAS Edinburgh⁩ ⁦Wits Politics⁩ ⁦Wits Centre for Journalism⁩ for inspiring this work.⁦Routledge Books⁩ See what’s inside the book here: routledge.com/The-BBCs-Legac…

Palgrave has finally published my new book on Technologies and Media Production Cultures in the Global South. Thanks to my host institutions ⁦School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh⁩ ⁦CAS Edinburgh⁩ ⁦Wits Politics⁩ ⁦Wits Centre for Journalism⁩. Click: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… linkedin.com/posts/albert-e…

This is so good. Can we print it and hang on our office door?

African Studies Review Journal of the Cambridge University Press has published my review of this excellent book. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

To commemorate ten years of @beyondslavery we have put together all our work since October 2014. This amounts to over 1000 articles, 800 authors, 1.5 million words, 4,000 pages, and four brick sized volumes. You can download the entire thing as a pdf cdn2.opendemocracy.net/media/document…

Armed masked men today foiled a peaceful protest in Lilongwe, Malawi. The protesters want the CEO and Chairperson of the electoral body to resign. Elections are on 16/08/2025. In the video, they are beating Activist #SylvesterNamiwa in the presence of the army and police officers

Public Lecture Series: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Semester Two, 2025 For further information please contact [email protected]  All sessions are hybrid, with links being circulated close to time. There is no need to register in advance.

Finally out, released today!!!🔥🔥 Ready 4 talks. ⁦Wits Politics⁩ ⁦Wits Centre for Journalism⁩ ⁦⁦CAS Edinburgh⁩ ⁩ University of Malawi (UNIMA)⁩ ⁦AfricanStudiesCentre⁩ ⁦⁦KAS Media Africa⁩ ⁦BBC News Africa⁩ ⁦African Studies Association⁩ ⁩ ⁦AfricanStudiesUK⁩ taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…