How short-form video is helping The Economist gain young users
With more than 61 million followers across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube, X, Meta, a fifth of The Economist’s website...
How South Africa’s News24 garnered 31K paying subscribers in 9 months
After 21 years of serving South Africa with free journalism, News24, the country’s leading journalism group, realised it could no...
Covid-19 and the rise of journalistic product innovation
User-centred product development, which had taken root in 2019, became the focus for big and small news organisations globally in...
How podcasting is developing in Africa
Podcasts are a rare point of growth in the current media landscape. They are valued for convenience, intimacy, and choice....
Comic strips, real-time dashboards, WhatsApp podcasts: SA newsrooms’ Covid-19 offerings
This year, WAN-IFRA introduced a Members' Choice Award in the category of Best Covid-19 Special Project as part of its...
A media house’s journey from print to digital
For Tiso, print is an important premium product, but the company’s aim is to become a sustainable subscription-based media brand.
