MAKE NOISE
IFEP Visionaries with Zoe Titus: Media rights need freedom of information
Thu, Feb 03
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Thursday February 3: 8:30am Eastern U.S. Time / 3:30pm South Africa Standard Time. Zoe Titus, a fierce advocate for media rights in Africa, will join us on Zoom for the next installment of our Visionaries series of conversations.
Date & Time
Feb 03, 2022, 8:30 AM EST
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About
Zoe Titus, formidable media freedoms defender across the African continent, will speak with Wallace Chuma, associate professor of media studies at the University of Cape Town, about her career trajetory from journalist to behind-the-scenes protector of media rights in Africa.
Through her work, Titus created deep partnerships in South Africa and globally committed to establishing and protecting press freedom, free expression and access to information rights – in Namibia, Southern African countries, and across the entire continent. In two decades, her vast contributions include (but are certainly not limited to) co-founding an online, open teaching platform on African media policy – the Jeanette Minnie Memorial Course in African Media Policy in the Digital Age – and contributing to the updating of 23 African countries' free information laws to reflect the digital age.
Learn more about Zoe Titus:
- Read about her on IFEX's website. IFEX introduced us to Zoe's story for our Faces of Free Expression exhibit.
- Find her on Twitter.
The Visionaries online series features conversations with changemakers who, often at great personal risk, defend free-expression rights in today's increasingly complicated digital world. All events are free, with suggested donations.
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