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Journalist Fellows' Papers

Serving Readers in a Fractured Society: A study of South African newspapers, with comparisons drawn with newspapers in the Balkans

Reuters Institute Fellow's Paper

This research analyses at the climate of transformation after minority rule, the tensions created whenever a society has a market-dominant minority, the complexion of the debate in the public sphere, ‘loyalty’ and ‘disloyalty’ in reporting, the strident standoff over HIV/Aids and Zimbabwe, and the emergence of the disturbing phenomenon of official cavalcades intimidating motorists on the country's highways, and how some of these issues have played themselves out in the press.

As with all Fellows’ research papers, any opinions expressed are those of the author and not of the Institute.

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John Conyngham

John has a B.A. in English and Classical Civilisation from the University of Natal, a Higher Diploma in Education from the University of South Africa, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Anglo-Irish Literature from Trinity College, Dublin. He joined The... Read more about John Conyngham