Izak Minnaar is a media and elections consultant and trainer, currently focusing on the sustainability of journalism, election reporting, access to information, digital rights, media regulation and related causes in South Africa and around the continent. His journalism career spanned over 40 years in editorial coverage and newsroom leadership roles at print, broadcast and online media. He worked at the South African Broadcasting Corporation as Editor: SABC Digital News until 2019. He is a council member of the SA National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) and the Press Council of South Africa (PCSA); and was on the drafting teams for the 2019 Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa and the 2017 Guidelines on Access to Information and Elections in Africa, issued by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.