Mia Malan

Mia Malan is the founder and editor-in-chief of South Africa’s Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism. She is a former Knight International Journalism Fellow[1] and a fellow at the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.[2] Malan has primarily written on health issues in Africa and media sustainability in the Global South.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Background

Malan began her career at the South African Broadcasting Corporation, covering Aids and other health issues.[10] In 2003, Malan joined Internews Network in Nairobi.[11] She subsequently moved to the group’s Washington, D.C. office where she managed journalism training.[12] In 2011, she joined Rhodes University as a senior journalism lecturer, teaching health and gender reporting to graduate students.[13]

In 2013, Malan launched Bhekisisa as part of the Mail & Guardian’s health desk.[14] In 2019, it became an independent media start-up.[15]

COVID-19 coverage

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Malan received international attention for her coverage of the pandemic in South Africa.[16][17][18][19] She has also written on journalistic reporting practices in the context of the pandemic.[20][21][22]

Awards
  • Health journalist of the year (2013 and 2016)[23][24]
  • Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award (2014)[25]
  • South Africa's newspaper journalist of the year (2015)[26]
  • CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Award (2016)[27]
  • Columnist of the year (2022)[28]

References
  1. "New Knight International Fellows to Target Digital Innovation in Latin America and Health Coverage in Africa". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  2. "Covering COVID-19 is tough. The head of a health news site explains how to get it right". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  3. "Mia Malan". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  4. "Mia Malan – 10th World Conference of Science Journalists, San Francisco 2017". wcsj2017.org. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  5. "Mia Malan's schedule for 10th Global Investigative Journalism Conference". gijc17.sched.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  6. Malan, Mia (2020-12-11), How COVID-19 has changed news reporting, retrieved 2023-02-01
  7. "November Speakers - Arab Reporters for Investigation Journalism". 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  8. "Health Justice in the Commonwealth: Towards Equitable Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Technology". Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  9. Hannah (2019-02-12). "AHRI co-hosts second annual Africa Asia Communications Forum". Africa Health Research Institute. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  10. Malan, Mia. "Mia Malan | Eight lessons Covid taught me about journalism". News24. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  11. "Internews" (PDF).
  12. "Internews" (PDF).
  13. "The road to health is paved with bad conventions". The Mail & Guardian. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  14. "Bhekisisa: Our health journalism centre is here". The Mail & Guardian. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  15. "It's Official".
  16. Hernandez, Joe (November 30, 2021). "African leaders condemn travel restrictions as omicron variant spreads globally". National Public Radio.
  17. Scott, Dylan (2021-12-09). "What South Africa is seeing in its omicron outbreak". Vox. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  18. "BBC World Service - Newsday, Covid-19: Why hasn't South Africa started vaccinating yet?". BBC. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  19. "'Vaccinated people rarely hospitalised with Omicron in South Africa', says Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism editor". Channel 4 News. 2021-12-04. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  20. Gupta, Neha (2020-04-06). "Racism, misinformation, inclusion: How to ethically cover COVID-19". WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  21. Reporting on COVID-19 in South Africa. Mia Malan, editor in chief, Bhekisisa, retrieved 2023-02-01
  22. "Skoll | Surviving a Pandemic with Grit, Innovation, and Creativity in South Africa". Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  23. "Discovery Health Journalist of the Year: Mia Malan". Mynewsdesk. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  24. "Bhekisisa scoops top health journalism awards".
  25. "2014 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award winners announced". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  26. "Winners of the 2015 Sikuvile Awards announced". Media Update. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  27. "Winners announced for 2016 Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  28. Netshisaulu, Dzudzie (2022-06-26). "All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2022 winners » SANEF | Protecting Media Freedom". SANEF | Protecting Media Freedom. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
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