The South African National Editors’ Forum, SANEF, has awarded Professor Glenda Daniels with the 2020 Stephen Wrottesley Award.

Prof Daniels is an associate professor in the media studies department at the University of the Witwatersrand, she also serves on the SANEF Council.

The 2019 accolade went to Izak Minnaar for his tireless commitment to SANEF.

Citation for Sanef’s Stephen Wrottesley Award 2020:

( by  Judy  Sandison and Mary Papayya )

This year’s recipient has shown passion and  commitment; and has driven an agenda around gender , race and diversity with purpose and  a  single- minded approach. Often giving up her own commitments after-hours to prepare, respond and table  a Sanef position on various platforms  on all matters diversity. For the past 6 years she has chaired Sanef’s Diversity and Ethics committee. Against great odds, and after a 2 year struggle, she managed to secure funding for Sanef’s Glass Ceiling 2 / 2018  research – 12 years after the ground- breaking 2006 survey. (Funding which we were not able to secure for that first study)

With  tireless dedication, she produced and edited ,  in partnership with Gender Links, the hard- hitting study that also included a new section on cyberbullying.

Just by looking at this year’s AGM pack, you can see the range of work she has led around improving ethical codes for journalism and for Sanef itself. Glenda has shown extraordinary commitment to the achievement of the Forum’s goals. As she steps down from the position this AGM, it is with great pleasure and pride, and deep appreciation that Sanef’s 2020 winner of the Stephen Wrottesley Award-  for extraordinary dedication to our organization’s vision and aims – is awarded to Prof. Glenda Daniels:

Winner of the 2021 SANEF-Wrottesley Award

The coveted Stephen Wrottesley Award 2021 went to Mahlatse Mahlase, chairperson of SANEF 2016 – 2020 and current secretary-general. The award was presented “for her passion, professionalism and commitment to SANEF and her dedication to media freedom and ethics.” Mahlase embodies what SANEF stands for: an unwavering passion for media freedom and a deep commitment to make South Africa a better and more equal place for its citizens, through journalism. Nominated by her peers, Mahlase steered SANEF to financial and organisational stability and has led SANEF in its principled campaign against prevailing hate speech and online abuse against journalists. She championed SANEF’s activism to push back against the abuse of particularly women journalists by politicians and online trolls.

Winner of the 2022 SANEF-Wrottesley Award

The 2022 Stephen Wrottesley Award was awarded to media freedom activist, former editor, and former SANEF’s management committee member, Angela Quintal. She is now in charge of the Africa programme at the Committee to Protect Journalists, based in New York. As part of the awards, SANEF’s members get to nominate a fellow member for the Stephen Wrottesley Award, dedicated to honour members whose commitment in the journalism field goes beyond the call of duty.