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Publications drop like flies as beast of social media gobbles up advertising revenue
The start of 2019 has been rough for people in the South African publishing industry, but US media and jobs...
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How metrics are changing editorial decisions in African newsrooms
The researchers looked at news production and distribution and examined the relationship between editorial analytics and how journalists made decisions...
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Hugh Lewin: South African journalist, author, militant and prisoner
Prisoner, journalist, author Hugh Lewin, who headed the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism from 1998 as its executive director...
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Why photographs of dead in Nairobi terror attack failed journalism – and dishonoured victims
Sensationalism comes in many forms. The New York Times and the Daily Mail’s use of photographs showing faces and bodies...
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Headline news: One-sided sensationalism isn’t working
A quick glance at audited numbers over the past decade shows quite clearly that sales continue to drop alarmingly. Yet...
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‘Unsinkable’ editor who always took his job seriously, but never himself
Kevin Ritchie, himself a former editor of The Star, on the late and legendary Harvey Tyson and the role he...
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