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Drones, maps and social networks: how SA's media has used tech to report on the #CapeFire

The fire sweeping across Cape Town's Southern peninsula has dominated South African headlines for three days now. A number of factors, including the scale of the blaze and limited access to the areas affected by it, have seen the country's media houses bring together a number of technologies and tools in their reporting efforts...

By Stuart Thomas

9 Mar 2015

Drones, maps and social networks: how SA's media has used tech to report on the #CapeFire

While none of the technologies used are alien to South African media, the way they're being used suggests that newsrooms are reaching a turning point. Whereas before these tools might have been viewed as novelties to be used just for the sake of it, in this instance they've been used to complement more traditional coverage...

Continue reading the full article here and click here to view 61 astonishing photos of the #MuizenbergFire shared on Twitter.

About Stuart Thomas

Stuart abandoned what was beginning to look like a long, quiet career in academia for the frenetic world of tech journalism. Currently heading up the Memeburn team, he likes to run in in his downtime. He won an award once. It now sits on his desk.