Online journalism

[Updated] Here’s what went down at the Huffington Post SA this weekend

Update, 20 April: The Huffington Post has revealed Marius Roodt, a white man from Johannesburg, as the man behind the blog. Roodt says he was concerned…

Chelsea Manning: WikiLeaks whistleblower to be released in May

US President Barack Obama has commuted military whistleblower and Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence, marking the most notable commutation of his administration. Manning…

BS Detector: an add-on to detect fake news websites

Fake news websites have enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to social media, but truly exploded thanks to the US election. But how do…

Fake news in South Africa: 5 websites you should definitely avoid

Whether it’s to simply hoodwink people or to generate ad revenue, fake news websites have received mainstream attention in recent months. Now, we’ve already…

Google now lets you ‘Fact Check’ News articles

Mountain View’s Google has announced that its News portal will now include “Fact Check” tags to “help readers find fact checking in large news…

BREAKING: Daily Maverick gets R12m funding round

The holding company for local online news publication the Daily Maverick has announced the conclusion of a R12-million funding round. The round comes in the…

Update: Gawker.com will shut down next week

Update 2, 18 August 2016, 10.44pm: Univision plans to integrate Gawker’s assets into its own pop culture website platform Fusion, according to a tweet….

6 liveblogs that will keep you up to date with the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing

Look, let’s be honest for a moment. There’s pretty much no hiding from the Oscar Pistorius case. People are going to want to talk…

17 top journos to follow on Twitter during the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing

The world has pretty much been glued to Twitter since news broke that renowned paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius had apparently shot and killed his…

Can corporate media survive the falling value of online content?

My 2013 prediction warned of the continued fall in the value of online content which would lead to the production of ever more content…

2013: the year corporate media will ascend and all media will spiral

When it comes to making industry predictions I always resolve not to make any, but as you can see, I have trouble keeping my…

Can BuzzFeed usher in a new golden age of journalism and advertising?

It was just over a year ago that BuzzFeed hired editor-in-chief Ben Smith away from Politico to help build the cat-happy publication into a…

12 top tech security tips for journos to follow in 2013

There are a lot of places where journalists aren’t really welcome and there are plenty of people out there looking to find chinks in…

Pageview journalism: economic reality or capitulation to pop culture whims?

Ryan Holiday, writing for the New York Observer, has discovered something very important about the media industry today: The widespread belief is that the…

How fake press releases could kill SEO for real press releases

SearchEngineLand has a very good, long look at the recent fake press release announcing Google’s US$400-million acquisition of Wi-Fi company ICOA. PRWeb distributed the…

Corporate media: the saviour of serious journalism?

As the business models for serious journalism continue to erode, where will we get the quality media we need as a society to make…

How data can save journalism as we know it

Everybody has a mouthpiece now and social media is facilitating this. News is everywhere and breaking news on the front page has becomes obsolete,…

Newsweeklies: the product is right, the medium is wrong

It’s not been a pretty picture for print for a while now. The latest blow came on Wednesday when Newsweek announced it was to…

4 great tips for tweeting journos

Twitter has completely changed journalism. One tweet can sometimes give you information that is as valuable as that source you’ve been cultivating for months….

Newsweek’s #muslimrage: giant mistake or publicity genius?

Popular US news magazine Newsweek received an online lambasting on Monday when tweeters took to the social network to poke fun at its hashtag…

What the ‘iYawn 5’ reveals about the dire state of tech journalism

Tech journalists swarmed into Yerba Buena in San Francisco earlier this week to cover the much-anticipated Apple iPhone 5 launch. Some news organisations sent…

If content is king, can $1 buy you royalty?

Content is King. There’s no doubt that great content brings all the users to the proverbial yard, but at what cost? And to whom?…

Could AR drones be the future of journalism?

We’ve all read stories about how remote control drones have been used in war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Some of us may even know…

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