OPINION: Cameroon’s newspapers are struggling, but they are far from dead
Social media may win the race for speed, but traditional journalism still wins where trust and context matter.
Social media may win the race for speed, but traditional journalism still wins where trust and context matter.
A new PhD study examining the political economy of Cameroon’s print media has raised concerns over what it describes as
the exchange also highlighted opportunities for deeper collaboration between the two universities
The Camer Today News Project (CTNP) is proud to formally send off the winners of the 2025 CTNP student journalism
“Seeing people whose body parts had been chopped off was painful at first, but you eventually become immune to it…”
I have seen cases where women return to work barely three weeks after giving birth because staying home longer means risking job loss.
“I worked until 24 hours before my expected delivery date, went straight to the hospital, and even then had to plead for my position to be secured,”
With the news business as the warfront, the reporters remain the first to take the bullets and the last to eat or at least, be adequately protected.
“There was a palpable sense of distrust, and I often felt like an outsider, especially as an Anglophone journalist in a predominantly Francophone environment.”
“After graduation, I returned to Cameroon, armed with new skills and a deeper understanding of my craft, ready to take on the challenges…”