Rhodes University

#RhodesWar: Expulsion of Rhodes students ignites online outrage

#RhodesWar, an online campaign supporting expelled Rhodes University students, was trending in the top spot on Twitter this morning as many took to the…

The Pretty Cities of Instagram: 10 great snaps of Grahamstown

As much as Instagram’s a great platform for cat pictures and brunches, it’s also rather great for couch travellers. Speaking of which, welcome to…

Local student wins prestigious Google scholarship

A computer science student at Rhodes University in Grahamstown has won a prestigious Google scholarship and is set to fly to Zurich this month…

Citizen journalism to shake up SA?

After landing a job as the Citizen Journalism Trainer at Grocott’s Mail, I sat down to do some research on the subject. So I…

South Africa's sleeping online media giants

Some media companies have embraced the online era and are now reaping the rewards. Others have been slow to wake up to the promise…

The 'new' dot.com rush

Am I alone or does it feel like the rush of the dot.com era is back? In terms of innovation on the world wide…

When Gutenberg invented the printing press, he freed the publishers. But when the World Wide Web was pioneered by Tim Berners-Lee, it was said that the readers were now freed. The age of the internet has given unprecedented power to the reader by creating one of the most democratic and accessible forms of publishing yet – the blog.

The great convergence sideshow

It’s always been cheap and easy to publish on the web. Big professional, online publishers share the same medium as small-time, personal homepages. Online publishers typically publish at a lower cost than newspapers or magazines, making it an affordable option for shoestring publishers and budding entrepreneurs. It’s why they are in the web business in the first place.

Are websites killing newspaper circulations?

Websites are often singled out as one of the main culprits for falling print circulations. Simply put, the argument is why would readers bother…

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