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Suzanne Franks is professor of Journalism and heads the department of Journalism at City, University of London. She is the co-editor with Mel Bunce and Chris Paterson of Africa’s Media Image in the Twenty First Century. From ‘Heart of Darkness’ to ‘Africa Rising’. (Routledge, 2016)
December 2, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Suzanne Franks
‘Aways use the word ‘Africa’ or ‘Darkness’ or ‘Safari’ in your title.’ These are the opening words of a famous satirical essay by the the Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina ‘How not to Write about Africa.’ It was...
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October 5, 2015 •
Short stories, Specialist Journalism •
by Suzanne Franks
Sports coverage is booming. News about sport used to be confined to a couple of pages at the back of the newspaper, but today it occupies vast areas of print, online and broadcast attention. Sportsmen and women are better known and better...
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