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Daily Maverick closes down for 24 hours to protest against big tech's dominance
The South African news organisation published zero news stories on its heaviest traffic day to show what the world without journalism would look like |
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Innovation in journalism: two media start-ups booming despite challenges
South Africa's The Daily Maverick and Paraguay's El Surti are proving that you do not need huge budgets to have political and social impact. What you need is the right mentality and a business plan |
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Styli Charalambous, CEO of The Daily Maverick, on pay-what-you-can membership models
South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and big news stories to tell. Despite hardship, one news outlet has the support of 17k paying members, aiming for 100k in the next five years |
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Fact-checking around the world: robo-checking, community meetings and Telegram
How five organisations from four continents are identifying and dealing with false claims and misinformation specific to their region |
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Six lessons on re-engaging audience with your magazine brand
South African editions of titles such as Cosmopolitan, House and Leisure, Marie Claire and Good Housekeeping offer an example in how to successfully connect content to e-commerce sales |
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Media24 is training students in South Africa to set up news websites for their schools
The organisation's WeCan24 project is providing schools across the country with the skills and tools needed to set up news websites |
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The Daily Vox is training young reporters to 'establish new traditions' in South African journalism
'What we cover is very much to do with what people are hearing and feeling, and the things that want to push us to a better and just society', explains Azad Essa, co-founder of The Daily Vox |
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Finding the 'winning formula': Mobile journalism in South Africa
Journalist Chelsea Geach explains the process of building mobile journalism teams at Independent Media, one of South Africa’s major print media production companies |
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'Party Match' aims to engage South African youth with politics
The app, which matches users to a political party that reflects their political beliefs, won the Global Editors Network hackathon in Cape Town last weekend |
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Checking the facts: Africa Check expands to new countries
Fact-checking website Africa Check is branching out to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Swaziland |
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South African site offers photography students a 'mentor experience'
The site aims to inspire photography students, and help them understand the important role photojournalism plays in democracy |
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Long-form journalism site for South Africa prepares to launch
Pieces will be sold via Mampoer for $2.99, with the writer earning a royalty from sales |
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Ferial Haffajee: 'Africa is a place of hope and that is reflected in its journalism'
Editor-in-chief of South Africa's City Press on the strength of African journalism, her campaigning career and her hopes for the coming year on World Press Freedom Day |
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South African journalism schools sign statement protesting information bill
Bill gives government power to classify documents such as government contracts or those produced by state-owned enterprises as secret and arrest an journalists who publishes them |
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International press groups petition South Africa over controversial bill
In a letter to President Jacob Zuma, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum call for Protection of Information bill to be amended or withdrawn |
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South African editors' group launches campaign against information bill
The Protection of Information Bill would allow government to classify government and state-owned enterprise contracts as secret and jail journalists who report on them |
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South African journalists found new trade union
New organisation for working journalists ProJourn is first in three years, since demise of the South African Union of Journalists |
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Q&A: Running online investigations at the Daily Dispatch
Journalism.co.uk talks to online news editor Jan Hennop about publishing investigative work online |
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Online investigative journalism: How the Daily Dispatch ran its Slumlords story
Jan Hennop, online editor of South Africa's Daily Dispatch, on running and presenting an online investigation |
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Freelancer of the fortnight: Kim Gurney, Johannesburg, South Africa
Journalism.co.uk catches up with a member of its freelance community. Kim Gurney specialises in business and current affairs and is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Quentin Wray becomes associate editor of Financial Mail
Business Report deputy editor takes on new role |
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WAN Amsterdam: Publishers should be 'control freaks' with user-generated content, says 24.com's Matthew Buckland
GM of South Africa's largest online publisher said it's time for media groups to take responsibility for UGC |
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South African journalism students expand Nokia's mobile journalism experiment
Following Reuters' trial of the mobile journalism kits, South African students are taking it a step further |
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South Africa's Mail and Guardian launches Comment-is-Free-style editorial blog
Thought Leaders blog introduced to accompany the paper's blogging platform and aggregation services |
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African mobile journalism project launches
Reporters in South Africa, Mozambique, Ghana, and Kenya part of experimental reporting project |
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News apps on Facebook
South Africa's Mail and Guardian is one publisher trying to get on your profile |
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Search engines baulk at tighter reins on their spiders
Robots.txt files can do the job, say search engines, but online publishers push for new system with ACAP project |
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The year ahead: media pundits make their predictions
Five online journalism experts give their verdict on the future of the digital revolution |
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SA: Newspaper's aggregator becomes homepage for South African blogs, claim developers
Mail and Guardian plan revenue share for bloggers willing to carry adverts from its clients |
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SA: Sunday paper to launch daily and fully integrated web edition
Editor-in-chief of South Africa's Sunday Times says the brand 'wants to own the digital space' |
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SA: Mbeki calls for world media not to abandon African bureaus
Opening the WAN conference in Cape Town, the South African president urges news groups to tell the 'African story' from the ground |
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Africa to get citizen photojournalism
Dutch participation site Skoeps plans to launch overseas expansion |
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Online journalism experts converge in Texas
Vin Crosbie strikes cautious note about web profitability |
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Mike Dodd moves up a rung to become Media Lawyer's new editor
Big shoes to fill as founder Tom Welsh steps down |
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Pioneering Brit scoops top US award
‘Media giraffe’ sticks his neck out to stand head and shoulders above the competition |
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Wake-up call for print magazines
Online publisher warns: join broadband revolution or go under |
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Zulu news site launched
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Berg video - lessons to be learned
Unedited web material is an increasing problem for editors, says journalist lecturer |
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Rebel ram shorn: press flock
Global news unites to cover escapades of renegade sheep |
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Another indy for Zimbabwe
More independent news emerges online under media unfriendly regime |
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Learn investigative skills
London university hosts three-day course for professionals |
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Africa to examine its online role
South Africa to host online journalism conference |
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New news site to cover developing world
African/Malaysian news site aims to correct "western bias" |
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Hampshire Chronicle e-paper switches to new format
The UK's first British e-newspaper is now available on several platforms |
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