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Misinformation Literacy of COVID-19 Digital News in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
African Journalism Studies, volume 44, issue 2 (2023), pp. 116-133
"Amid a rise of misinformation worldwide, this paper examines digital misinformation literacy as it relates to COVID-19 news in East Africa. The study is grounded in inoculation theory and contributes to the body of scholarship examining misinformation literacy beyond the Western world. Data came fr
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A Systematic Review of Constructive and Solutions Journalism Research
Journalism, volume 24, issue 5 (2023), pp. 1069-1088
"Academic activity surrounding constructive and solutions journalism has surged in recent years; thus, it is important to pause and reflect on this growing body of work in order to understand where the field can and should go in the future. We conducted a systematic review of existing literature on
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The State of Journalism and Press Freedom in Postgenocide Rwanda
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 96, issue 2 (2019), pp. 558-578
"News media played a prominent role in perpetuating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Since then, Rwanda has undergone impressive social and economic growth, but the media landscape during this redevelopment remains understudied. Qualitative interviews with Rwandan journalists reveal that reporters censor
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Constructive Journalism: Applying Positive Psychology Techniques to News Production
Journal of Media Innovations, volume 4, issue 2 (2018), pp. 20-34
"We propose to expand the boundaries of the news process by introducing and defining the interdisciplinary concept of constructive journalism — an emerging form of journalism that involves applying positive psychology techniques to news processes and production in an effort to create productive an
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