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Do news agencies have a future? Do they still matter?
Hidden in the Times Media Group’s recent financial statements was a decision to withdraw from the South Africa Press Association (Sapa). This will leave a substantial gap in the national news agency’s...
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Insight into the new way of doing journalism
AS Friday’s aircraft to Brazil rolled down the runway at OR Tambo International Airport with most of South Africa’s investigative reporters on board, I wondered what would happen to our journalism if...
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New ANC approach to media is crafty, smart and more effective
On a recent morning, I woke up and over a cup of coffee and since my newspaper deliveries were late, I turned to social media. It was a few days after the Charlie Hebdo massacre and within a few...
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Why the Independent Media panel on reader commentary disappointed
The panel advising Independent Media on its handling of hate and other objectionable online reader commentary has recommended that these newspapers start pre-editing all online reader commentary or...
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Lessons from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
FANS of Monty Python and the Holy Grail will remember the Black Knight, who would not allow King Arthur to pass. When Arthur chops off his arm, he dismisses it as, “Just a scratch … I’ve had worse”....
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We won’t weep to see ANN7 replaced by a real news operation
The closure of any media outlet is normally mourned by all journalists, because of the loss of jobs, diversity and competition. But the announcement this week that pay-TV operator Multichoice will not...
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Eddie Koch: A life and work that reminds us of what journalism can be
Mail & Guardian Journalist Eddie Koch was doing a story on the Mozambican border in 1990 when he had a tip off that there were businessmen bringing people across the border and “selling” them –...
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