The battle for information integrity hinges on a fundamental, unresolved question: how do we protect and compensate for the journalism that feeds the global digital ecosystem? As generative Artificial Intelligence models proliferate, a sustainable solution for fair media compensation remains experimental, troublesome and stubbornly elusive. The current trend of leaving […]
The M20 Johannesburg Declaration was a result of a collaborative global discussion in 2025 that set a foundation for information-sharing to ensure that the G20 integrates information integrity, press freedom and media sustainability into a broader development financing architecture. The M20 declaration calls on heads of state to recognise that […]
By Barbra Okafor When Papaoutai came through my feed during AFCON, I stopped scrolling. The swell of voices, the Afro Soul style, and the emotion behind it felt like a real discovery. Whoever made this, I thought, is about to have a moment. Then I looked it up. The track […]
In a bid to get media freedom and media policy on the agenda of the G20 — which is being led by the United States this year — senior lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs Dr Anya Schiffrin submitted a statement for the record last week […]
Report FID – Strengthening Information Integrity on Climate Change and Environmental Issues
Chair, colleagues, editors, reporters, creators and partners — thank you. In 1976, a single photograph in South Africa changed the course of history. A news image of 12-year-old Hector Pieterson, fatally wounded during the Soweto uprising, was splashed across front pages around the globe. Suddenly the world could no longer […]
Programme Director, members of the fourth estate, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen – as we say in South Africa, all protocol observed. As Standard Bank Group, we are delighted to be part of SANEF’s M20 Summit and my role this evening is to deliver our message of support. We thank […]