{"id":10363,"date":"2025-09-01T22:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10363"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:51:55","slug":"7th-bagauda-kaltho-media-lecture","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/event\/7th-bagauda-kaltho-media-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"7th Bagauda Kaltho Media Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"475\"><strong data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"160\">The Annual Bagauda Kaltho Media Lecture<\/strong> serves as a significant platform for engaging with the critical and evolving issues that impact media practice across Africa. It provides a reflective space for media professionals, academics, policymakers, and civil society to examine the media\u2019s role in shaping and sustaining democratic ideals on the continent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"851\">Organized by the Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF), the Lecture Series is envisioned as a growing compendium of thought leadership and dialogue. AMDF believes that the series will not only help media practitioners find direction in a rapidly changing landscape, but also contribute meaningfully to the broader body of knowledge on media, democracy, and development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"1359\">The theme for the 2025 edition is: <strong data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"962\"><em data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"960\">\u201cJournalism in Turbulent Times: Navigating Through the Pressures.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"965\" \/>This theme reflects the increasing complexities and challenges facing journalism today \u2014 from political interference, economic constraints, and technological disruption, to threats against press freedom and journalist safety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"1359\">The 2025 lecture will explore how journalists can remain resilient, uphold ethical standards, and continue to serve the public interest amidst these mounting pressures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To register for participation click here <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/C3jvq11uqV5NYJcZ9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/C3jvq11uqV5NYJcZ9<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Annual Bagauda Kaltho Media Lecture serves as a significant platform for engaging with the critical and evolving issues that impact media practice across Africa. It provides a reflective space&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/event\/7th-bagauda-kaltho-media-lecture\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10368,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[274],"class_list":["post-10363","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-lecture","cat_lecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10370,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10363\/revisions\/10370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10363"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=10363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}