Dr Trust Matsilele

• Changing journalism ecologies in Africa
• Social media and protest cultures

• DLitt et Phil (Communication Studies), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• M Phil Journalism, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• BA Honors Journalism and Media Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• Diploma in Journalism and Communications, CCOSA, Zimbabwe

• SACOMM- South Africa

• IAMCR- Global

Trust teaches on the following modules:

• Disruptive publishing
• Journalism Landscapes

• Patterns of Harassment in African Journalism
• Converged teaching and learning in African journalism schools.
• Media, Social Movements and Protest Cultures in Africa

• Matsilele, T., Msimanga, M.J., Tshuma, L. and Jamil, S., 2024. Reporting on Science in the Southern African Context: Exploring Influences on Journalistic Practice. Journal of Asian and African Studies, p.00219096231224668. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00219096231224668

• Matsilele, T. and Nkoala, S., 2023. Metavoicing, trust-building mechanisms and partisan messaging: a study of social media usage by selected South African female politicians. Information, Communication & Society, 26(13), pp.2575-2597. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2252862

• Matsilele, T. and Tshuma, L., 2023. Through the media looking glass: journalists’ perceptions on South Africa’s funded environmental journalism. African Journalism Studies, 44(1), pp.58-72. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23743670.2023.2280269

• Makwambeni, B., Matsilele, T. and Bulani, J.G., 2023. Between Utopia and Dystopia: Investigating Journalistic Perceptions of AI Deployment in Community Media Newsrooms in South Africa. In Digitisation, AI and Algorithms in African Journalism and Media Contexts: Practice, Policy and Critical Literacies (pp. 17-32). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-80455-135-620231002/full/html

• Mabweazara, H.M. and Matsilele, T., 2023. Recruitment and retention practices in a changing African news media ecosystem. In Happiness in Journalism (pp. 59-68). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003364597-9/recruitment-retention-practices-changing-african-news-media-ecosystem-hayes-mawindi-mabweazara-trust-matsilele

• Msimanga, M.J., Tshuma, L.A., Matsilele, T. and Jamil, S., 2023. Contending with Sexual Harassment: A Study of Southern African Female Journalists’ Experiences. Journal of Communication Inquiry, p.01968599231210790. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01968599231210790

• Makwambeni, B., Matsilele, T. and Msimanga, M.J., 2023. Through the Lenses of the Sociology of News Production: An Assessment of Social Media Applications and Changing Newsroom Cultures in Lesotho. Journal of Asian and African Studies, p.00219096231179661. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00219096231179661

• Matsilele, T., Tshuma, L. and Msimanga, M., 2022. Reconstruction and adaptation in times of a contagious crisis: A case of African newsrooms’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 46(3), pp.268-288. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01968599221085702

• Matsilele, T. and Ruhanya, P., 2021. Social media dissidence and activist resistance in Zimbabwe. Media, Culture & Society, 43(2), pp.381-394. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0163443720957886

Trust has regularly featured as an analyst in various media houses in Southern Africa.

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