Ethics and coverage of Labour Migration in Africa

Description

This course will provide an extensive overview of labour migration in Africa as a means to discuss the ethical considerations journalists must be aware of when reporting. This will include analyses of regional trends and how they tie to social, cultural and economic conventions. In turn, these elements will be discussed in relation to their impact of gender identity politics. The course will highlight how journalists can report on these intersecting factors in a manner that does not compromise the overall safety of their sources and affected communities. We will make reference to the principles of Constructive Journalism as a way to intercept and correct ethical blunders.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, learners will:

• Be conscientised about the ethics of reporting on labour migration in the continent.
• Be able to monitor their own practise through a considered ethical lens and with an awareness of gender identity politics.
• Produce well researched, constructive and considered journalistic outputs

Modules under this course

1. Case Study: The future of migration in the Global South: racializing diseases has to stop.
2. The tenets and ethics of Journalism
3. An overview of labour migration coverage and reporting on the Continent.
4. Constructive Journalism and Reporting on labour migration
5. Trauma and the ethics of sensitive interviewing and reporting
6. Intercultural relations in ethical labour migration reporting
7.  Women and labour migration 
8. Patriarchy and labour migration – how it affects all of us and why journalists need to be cognisant of it
9. Ethical visual media practice
10. 1n the Event of an ethical blunder