| | |  | The 2010 Global Report on Innovations in Newspapers will be presented at the World Editors Forum, to be held in Hamburg, Germany, 6-8 October 2010. The report addresses newsroom integration, multimedia storytelling techniques, investigative journalism, social media, tablets, readers' clubs and business re-organisation. |
 | [Issa Sikiti da Silva] From Cape to Cairo, from Morocco to South Africa and from the east to the west, independent journalists and editors are crying foul, singing a song of redemption, death and distress as African governments - most of them 'brutal', 'cruel' and 'corrupt' - flex their muscles to stifle free reporting and put fear in newsrooms. |
Ilovecoffee.co.za is aimed at raising awareness of the growing coffee culture in South Africa by creating a platform where coffee fans can share vital coffee information with one another. 29 Jul 2010 20:48
RESTON, US: comScore, Inc yesterday, 29 July 2010, released a global report on women's online usage titled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, which provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel. 29 Jul 2010 10:46
New player DigitalMark, a sister company to RadMark, recently launched itself by securing the rights to represent MSN South Africa (za.msn.com), along with its existing radio brand websites, after an incubation period of two years. 28 Jul 2010 11:23
NEWSWATCH: Enver Daniels, the chief state law adviser, maintains in the face of numerous objections that the proposed Protection of Information Bill is not unconstitutional and has also described the objections to it as largely "emotional and hysterical", reports Business Day. Meanwhile, three prominent editors, all of whom spent decades fighting censorship during the apartheid years, have criticised the proposed bill, reports IOL. 28 Jul 2010 10:49
Men's fashion retailer, Markham, has become the first retailer in South Africa to bring social shopping to their customers, by integrating Facebook's new social plug-in into their corporate website. 28 Jul 2010 09:25
Digital sports content producer, TEAMtalk media, has been awarded a Service SETA Silver star for health and wellness implementation. This is awarded to companies who pay special attention to the well being of their employees, with dedicated awareness and training programmes in place. 28 Jul 2010 07:10
The Tech4Africa technology conference is but days away and a number of the QuirkStars are gearing up for this opportunity for networking and sharing with some of the best minds in digital. Head of Optimisation at Quirk, Sarah Blake, will be hosting a Google University in the two days prior to the event (10 and 11 August). 28 Jul 2010 01:22
This year's FinMedia24 Economist of the Year competition has again proved to be a huge success - attracting some of the most influential minds in South African business. JP Morgan's Sonja Keller was this year's big winner, scooping the title and R125 000 in prize money. 27 Jul 2010 15:04
[Stephen Grootes] As any divorcee will tell you, falling out of love sucks. You understand that life as you know it is about to come to an end. It is how most journalists feel when they read the proposed Protection of Information Bill. So we have to ask, how did it come to this? How did it happen? 27 Jul 2010 13:09
[Candice Jones] Pay-TV incumbent MultiChoice will unveil a streaming mobile television offering at R59/month on 1 August 2010. 27 Jul 2010 12:44
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] From Cape to Cairo, from Morocco to South Africa and from the east to the west, independent journalists and editors are crying foul, singing a song of redemption, death and distress as African governments - most of them 'brutal', 'cruel' and 'corrupt' - flex their muscles to stifle free reporting and put fear in newsrooms. 27 Jul 2010 12:09
[Herman Manson: @marklives] Andrew Trench, editor of the Daily Dispatch, has resigned from the paper after being headhunted by Media24 to head up its investigative unit from 1 September 2010. He is tasked with getting the unit, which was set up last year, off the ground. Respected journalist Jacques Pauw, who led the unit at its launch, will focus on investigative stories rather than the management of the unit. 27 Jul 2010 11:34
[Herman Manson: @marklives] Broadly speaking, consumers find the online experience disappointing - embarrassingly so, according to Andy Budd, a founding partner and MD of UK-based user experience agency Clearleft. In fact, we only take the treatment we receive online as we do because we have come to expect so little, says Budd, who'll be a speaker at the Tech4Africa conference being held in Johannesburg, 12-13 August 2010. 27 Jul 2010 10:34
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