May 2012

4-10 May 2012—HIV News Update.

Editorial: Writing for your reader

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Oh woe is woman: Balancing personal accountability and gender sensitivity: A headlining article in the Daily Sun reminds us that the media needs to strike a fine balance between gender sensitivity and personal accountability when it comes to reporting on HIV.
Sowetan's dangerous factual faux pas: The Sowetan should seriously consider printing a retraction, after publishing misinformation on HIV treatment.
Get with the programme: An article in the Daily Sun covering a school which allows teen moms to breastfeed during school time, misses out on the chance to help make the government’s new and controversial breastfeeding-only policy workable.
The snip makes the cut: A fair quantity of HIV news coverage this week was dedicated to male circumcision.

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11-24 May 2012—HIV News Update

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Positively sexy: A cheeky sex-positive article in the Daily Sun is out to prove that people don’t just allow their sex lives to fizzle out and fade away when they are diagnosed with HIV.
Facing XDR-TB: City Press restores the humanity of XDR-TB sufferers through an account of the personal experience of Dimakatso Montshiwagae, the first person to be successfully cured of this virulent disease.
HIV, AIDS and a new shame: A City Press column sets a good example by distinguishing between HIV and AIDS, through an intelligent and considered questioning of the silence that continues to surround AIDS-related deaths.
Daily Sun's destructive diatribe: A Daily Sun article on a teenager, who is allegedly intentionally infecting men with HIV, goes for shock value over sensitive reporting.
TNA highlights caring counsellors: A full page dedicated to an article on a day in the life of an HIV counsellor puts a friendly face on the frontline of HIV prevention and treatment.

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25-31 May 2012—HIV News Update

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Daily Sun's "death sentence": This week the Daily Sun irresponsibly perpetuated the outdated idea that HIV is a “death sentence”.
'Tikking' all the boxes: A well-written and thorough article on tik and HIV, which appeared in last week’s Mail&Guardian, covers all the bases of these two complex interrelated issues.
HIV and child protection week coverage: It is child protection week and coverage has been characterised by here-and-there reports on baby dumping, child abuse and children facing desperate poverty on a daily basis.
XDR-TB cure coverage a mixed bag: Last week JournAIDS featured a blog about a City Press article that put a human face on XGR-TB. But a subsequent blink-and-you’ll-miss-it report on XDR-TB patient Andaleeb Ringquest-January’s long road to recovery in The New Age (TNA) is decidedly lacklustre in comparison.

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