Alan Finlay
Biographic Data
| ID | 3923072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Finlay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Finlay |
| SIGNATURE | FINLAY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Journalism Education in Africa
UNESCO’s 2023/24 “Promoting excellence in journalism education in Africa” initiative saw journalism educators from every region of the continent define factors that contribute to and challenge excellence in journalism education. Through a two-phased process, the development of criteria for excellence, self-evaluation, and self-correcting project proposals were made by 53 journalism schools. Ten projects were selected and funded to address identif…
Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a single volume containing two research reports by eight authors examining policy towards misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume first examines the teaching of ‘media literacy’ in state-run schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries as of mid-2020, as relates to misinformation. It explains the limited elements of media and information literacy (MIL) that are included in the curricula in…
Tracking the effects of a ‘soft power’ strategy on journalism in China
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlan Finlay Alan Finlay is a research associate at the University of the Witwatersrand
Systemic challenges to reporting complexity in journalism
Several early studies into the media's reporting on climate change in Africa have been completed, suggesting common threads in the kinds of coverage that are emerging. These include a lack of training in the newsroom, editorial disinterest in climate change, poor coverage of local impacts, and a low level of scientific understanding. While the climate change story can be considered a ‘new’ story for African journalists, this author suggests that …
Staging performance
Recent research into public intellectual discourse in the Mbeki era dealt with two media episodes – the debate about the formation of the so-called ‘Native Club’, and reaction to a fall-out between writer Nadine Gordimer and her biographer – as well as the columns of public intellectual Sipho Seepe in the Mail & Guardian newspaper. This article critically examines the findings of this research, reading across the studies in order to highlight wha…
Making space
This article explores how independent literary publishing activities in South Africa during the period 1994–2004 sought to engage in public debate and deliberation, and thereby moved beyond purely literary concerns. It focuses on the publishing activities of five publishers – Dye Hard Press, Botsotso, Timbila, Kotaz and Chimurenga – and draws on a series of interviews with the publishers. The article considers how the publishers understood their …
Making space
This article explores how independent literary publishing activities in South Africa during the period 1994–2004 sought to engage in public debate and deliberation, and thereby moved beyond purely literary concerns. It focuses on the publishing activities of five publishers – Dye Hard Press, Botsotso, Timbila, Kotaz and Chimurenga – and draws on a series of interviews with the publishers. The article considers how the publishers understood their …
Tracking the effects of a ‘soft power’ strategy on journalism in China
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlan Finlay Alan Finlay is a research associate at the University of the Witwatersrand
Making space
This article explores how independent literary publishing activities in South Africa during the period 1994–2004 sought to engage in public debate and deliberation, and thereby moved beyond purely literary concerns. It focuses on the publishing activities of five publishers – Dye Hard Press, Botsotso, Timbila, Kotaz and Chimurenga – and draws on a series of interviews with the publishers. The article considers how the publishers understood their …
Staging performance
Recent research into public intellectual discourse in the Mbeki era dealt with two media episodes – the debate about the formation of the so-called ‘Native Club’, and reaction to a fall-out between writer Nadine Gordimer and her biographer – as well as the columns of public intellectual Sipho Seepe in the Mail & Guardian newspaper. This article critically examines the findings of this research, reading across the studies in order to highlight wha…
Systemic challenges to reporting complexity in journalism
Several early studies into the media's reporting on climate change in Africa have been completed, suggesting common threads in the kinds of coverage that are emerging. These include a lack of training in the newsroom, editorial disinterest in climate change, poor coverage of local impacts, and a low level of scientific understanding. While the climate change story can be considered a ‘new’ story for African journalists, this author suggests that …
Tracking the effects of a ‘soft power’ strategy on journalism in China
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAlan Finlay Alan Finlay is a research associate at the University of the Witwatersrand
Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a single volume containing two research reports by eight authors examining policy towards misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume first examines the teaching of ‘media literacy’ in state-run schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries as of mid-2020, as relates to misinformation. It explains the limited elements of media and information literacy (MIL) that are included in the curricula in…
Journalism Education in Africa
UNESCO’s 2023/24 “Promoting excellence in journalism education in Africa” initiative saw journalism educators from every region of the continent define factors that contribute to and challenge excellence in journalism education. Through a two-phased process, the development of criteria for excellence, self-evaluation, and self-correcting project proposals were made by 53 journalism schools. Ten projects were selected and funded to address identif…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Journalism (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)