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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...
9 Mar 2015
© Image from Memeburn.com
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.
