Peace-seeking Afrikaans editors in the apartheid era : journalistic perspectives in a theological framework

In this study, the ethical-journalistic contributions of five apartheid-era Afrikaans language newspaper editors are taken into review: Schalk Pienaar (Die Beeld and Beeld), Willem de Klerk (Die Transvaler and Rapport), Frits Gaum (Die Kerkbode), Doret Jansen (Western Transvaal Record) and Max Du Pr...

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Published in:Verbum et ecclesia 2020, Vol.41 (1), p.1-9
Main Authors: Froneman, Johannes D, Lombaard, Christoffel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apartheid
apartheid-era journalism
Christian evaluation
Christianity
Doret Jansen
Editors
ethical journalism
Ethics
Frits Gaum
Historicism
Journalism
Journalists
Max du Preez
Peace
Politics
Religion
Schalk Pienaar
Society
Theology
Willem de Klerk
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Summary:In this study, the ethical-journalistic contributions of five apartheid-era Afrikaans language newspaper editors are taken into review: Schalk Pienaar (Die Beeld and Beeld), Willem de Klerk (Die Transvaler and Rapport), Frits Gaum (Die Kerkbode), Doret Jansen (Western Transvaal Record) and Max Du Preez (Vrye Weekblad). Their ethical-journalistic contributions are described, keeping in mind the constraints within which they operated in these five diverse newspapers. Based on Christian historical-theological considerations, evaluative remarks are made, en route to promoting ethically sound journalism. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The use of central theological ideas and/or a theological framework to evaluate aspects of societal ethics in the practice of journalism, here more specifically in the history of Afrikaans journalism, is explored.
ISSN:1609-9982
2074-7705
DOI:10.4102/ve.v41i1.2133