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Mailing Address School of Literature and Language Studies University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 Wits 2050 Johannesburg South Africa

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Research Interests African media studies ; ownership issues in South African broadcasting ; leadership in African political history ; economic and business reporting in Africa ; Kenya.

Teaching Interests Teaching areas: Media economics ; Sociology of news.

Publications * "The Rand Crisis: When a policy crisis becomes a media crisis." Intermedia, Volume 30, No. 3, 2002. London: International Institute of Communication. "Economics journalism in Africa" in Nieman Reports. Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, Cambridge. Volume 56, No. 2, 2002. "New Institutionalism." In Michie, Jonathan (ed) Readers Guide to the Social Sciences, London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, March 2001. "Reporting for the West: How coverage of the Zairian civil war toed the policy lines of Western governments." Rhodes Journalism Review, Grahamstown. Vol. 18, December 1999. "Television in South Africa." (in) Newcomb, Horace (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. "Television in Kenya." (in) Newcomb, Horace (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Television. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. "Reporting African Economies." in Mallette, Malcolm (ed.) Handbook for African Journalists. Washington, DC: World Press Freedom Committee, 1996. "Questioning the policy maker: The role of the mass media in shaping Africa's economic future," in Okigbo, Charles (ed.) Media and Sustainable Development in Africa . Nairobi: Africa Council for Communication Education, 1995. "Misreading culture and tradition: Western critical appreciation of African films," in Kabore, Gaston (ed.), Africa and the Centenary of Cinema. Paris: Presence Africaine, 1995. "Who is Afraid of Cuts in US Aid?" op-ed article, The Journal of Commerce, Washington, Jan. 31, 1995. "The role of technology in breaking international communication barriers: An African perspective," COMBROAD, February 1995. London: Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. "The crisis facing development journalism in Africa,Ó Media Development Journal, London, 4/1994.

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