African Media and the World Cup
The 2009 Highway Africa Conference, held recently at Port Elizabeth's new World Cup stadium (photo
above), helped African media be better prepared to cover the 2010 World Cup, according to Guy
Berger, head of Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies. African media should
work to ensure that "coverage is not only focused on the glitz and glamour aspect of the World
Cup," Berger said, "but must be extended to critical evaluation of socioeconomic consequences.
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