Lesley Cowling
Lesley Cowling is an associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where she coordinates the Masters and PhD programmes in the journalism department, and teaches media theory and creative writing. Her research interests include journalism forms such as long-form reporting, opinion, analysis and debate. She has a PhD from Rhodes University, and has worked as a journalist, a soap opera writer and a media consultant
Shaped by their histories

Shaped by their histories

Sowetan: a case study The role of organisational culture in journalism can be seen in the rise and decline of South Africa’s iconic newspaper the Sowetan What is it to be an “African journalist”? Working in African countries can mean operating in challenging...

Lesley Cowling
Lesley Cowling is an associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where she coordinates the Masters and PhD programmes in the journalism department, and teaches media theory and creative writing. Her research interests include journalism forms such as long-form reporting, opinion, analysis and debate. She has a PhD from Rhodes University, and has worked as a journalist, a soap opera writer and a media consultant
Shaped by their histories

Shaped by their histories

Sowetan: a case study The role of organisational culture in journalism can be seen in the rise and decline of South Africa’s iconic newspaper the Sowetan What is it to be an “African journalist”? Working in African countries can mean operating in challenging...