“Is it true,” a journalism student asks me, “that if [a source] doesn’t want to comment we can say that we will just write whatever we want to?” In my first week at the Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ), I was eager to assess students’ skill levels. I asked them each to read an article [...]

“1,500 kwacha,” says the man in the market as we examine a second-hand tank top, which he priced at $10 CAD. I’ve avoided the market for most of my two months here, knowing that my bartering skills are lacking and not wishing to haggle over used clothing. “Those are not the actual prices,” I say [...]

“Is there anything further to discuss?” the Chairman of the editorial meeting asks. “Of course there is,” I think to myself. The conversation in the editorial board meeting follows a similar routine – after stories from yesterday have been rehashed and stories for today have been pitched, discussions on lack of resources always trickles in. [...]