[Branko Brkic: @brankobrkic] As we chronicle how the brave people of Egypt and Tunisia fight to win their basic freedoms for the first time, the rest of Africa looks to be sliding back into the ever-tightening rule of Big Men. The question is, what will we do about it? What will we do to make sure Free African Media is a reality?
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[Branko Brkic: @brankobrkic] In our previous chapters, we discussed how online news media found itself in a sticky space and what needed to happen for it to be taken seriously. Now we need to find out what global online news outfits will have to do to survive and even make some money
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[Branko Brkic: @brankobrkic] Exactly a year ago, a single sentence was sent into the twittersphere. It said simply and matter-of-factly: "The Daily Maverick, now live." It was an inconspicuous beginning to a project that would soon turn into an adventure, a road-trip that is increasingly looking more like the ride of a lifetime.
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[Branko Brkic: @brankobrkic] Over the past couple of months, many editors, journalists and analysts have been surprised - indeed, taken aback - by the effectiveness of the ANC's march towards what would effectively be criminalising the free media. Here's how the political party is doing it.
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