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    Articles tagged South Africa (17)

    Styli CharalambousAugust 29, 2019
    “At 7,000 members our lives are already changed for the better”: How the Daily Maverick developed its membership program
    “Our weekly Insider meetings are attended by the editor-in-chief, CEO, membership manager, product manager, support manager, developer, marketing and design team, with occasional drop-ins from finance and events team reps. Of the 10 regular attendees, only three of those positions existed before the decision to move into membership.”
    Partnership, membership, and social justice: How publishers in repressive news environments are innovating
    Herman Wasserman and Dani Madrid-MoralesNovember 26, 2018
    New data suggests African audiences see significantly more misinformation than Americans do
    More than a quarter of Kenyans and Nigerians surveyed said they had shared stories that they knew were made up.
    Christine SchmidtJuly 23, 2018
    In South Africa, community radio stations — lifelines for local news in rural areas — can get a boost with Volume
    “You can’t bridge mainstream to community media when the community doesn’t have the ability to present their reporting.”
    Christine SchmidtJanuary 31, 2018
    Digging for dung, unearthing corruption: This South African investigative nonprofit could help take down the president
    “When you diamond-mine, you basically mess up the resource if you go for the best stuff first.”
    Joseph LichtermanJune 14, 2016
    With embeddable tools, the German startup Opinary is trying to change the way readers share opinions
    The company started as a side project, but with €1 million in outside investment, Opinary is now in 10 German newsrooms and looking toward the United States.
    Caroline O'DonovanJune 10, 2014
    Around the world, media outlets and journalists are using chat apps to spread the news
    The BBC is on WhatsApp, WeChat, BBM, and Mxit, doing reporting and reaching new audiences. Can news organizations scale chat apps up from one-to-one to one-to-many?
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