2003/2004: Media Coverage of HIV
Fellows
Ida Jooste
Summary of research:
During her fellowship Ida conducted an audience reception study of HIV/AIDS news coverage in Cato Manor in Durban. She produced an insert for Fokus (SABC2) on disability grants and HIV, and wrote a number of newspaper and research articles on the topic of the news media’s coverage of HIV.
Biography:
Ida Jooste is a specialist TV producer for the SABC current affairs programme, Fokus. Her journalistic career spans TV news journalism, in-depth reportage, editorial and project management and the establishment of regional TV with SABC colleagues in KwaZulu-Natal. Increasingly her broadcast work has focused on the multi-dimensions of HIV/AIDS (2003).
Alan Finlay
Summary of research:
During his fellowship Alan conducted a comparative analysis of the print media’s coverage of HIV during three months of 2002/3. He completed two research papers.
Biography:
Alan Finlay has worked as a broadcast and online journalist and freelanced for the print media. Most recently he worked in the field of ICTs (Information Communication Technologies) in the civil society sector, with a focus on regional ICT research and developing online information projects. He is currently a partner in Open Research, a research organisation specializing in regional ICT research (2003).
