MJ Lourens

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MJ Lourens is the editor of NetNuus – the most popular Afrikaans news app in South Africa. He has more than six years’ experience in digital media and editing, which includes time at Volksblad, OFM radio and News24. Lourens holds a degree from the North-West University and is a part-time law student at Unisa. He shared these insights about NetNuus with media agencies country-wide as part of Ads24’s latest roadshow: #inroADS24.

A winning recipe: Bite sized news and snackable ads

Posted By: MJ Lourenson: April 25, 2017In: Mobile

NetNuus (JustNews), launched last June, is like an espresso; it’s short, it’s quick and it’s got punch. It’s news in 250 characters with pictures and videos. There are 100 posts in the stream and it takes about five minutes to read the entire stream. Where did it all start? The concept of NetNuus came from […] Read more

MJ Lourens Articles 1

A winning recipe: Bite sized news and snackable ads

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