The publication said journalism is experiencing a market failure and is at risk of collapse, with newsrooms across the world closing down and retrenching journalists.
CEO Styli Charalambous has highlighted the pivotal role journalism and journalists play in society today as the publication shuts its doors for the day.The publication said journalism was experiencing a market failure and was at risk of collapse, with newsrooms across the world closing down and retrenching journalists.Charalambous said financial support and policy reform were urgently needed.
"I think as more and more and more information, mis- and dis-information comes into that space, and clouds what is the truth and what is as close to the truth and reality as possible, we need more journalists doing that hard work of being a public service to society. It helps protect democracy. It helps people make better decisions; informed decisions."
Charalambous highlighted the impact journalism, and in particular investigative journalism, had had on South Africa, and asked the public to consider what the country would be like without it. "We would have a very different country. We would have a very different country at the leadership level of this country. From the Presidency to the Health Ministry to the Revenue Service, all of those positions have been impacted by the work of whistleblowers and investigative journalists."
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