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Our evolution in a thread. @Neli_Ngqulana applies to @jamlabafrica to work on her idea for a mobile content agency to bring diversity in mainstream media and encourage local reporting medium.com/jamlab/meet-th…

NOW on #SAfmFactsOfFaith @SAfmRadio w @Nayelupondwana we ask why does the SA calendar have only Christian holidays, when the country is not exclusively a christian country? Share your thoughts cc @joey_legodi @Aljama_Za @A_C_D_P @RevMeshoe @HonourableJoAnn

.@mdiforg deputy-CEO and member of our Advisory Committee @mohamed is having a conversation with @khanfarw about the past and future of journalism in the Middle East #MediaForum2019

From where I stand; it looks like ANC organises protests in places where coalition government governs at local level. Then 'invites' Cyril Ramaphosa to 'come hear their problems' & leave them with promises if they vote ANC on the 8th of May. I mean what moron can't see this ploy?

The PDF copy of #GangsterState doing the rounds is illegal. Just saying. Thanks for all those readers doing the right thing and supporting the book.

@MTimmal @MYANC @GovernmentZA Ask them about trends, music, insta and Facebook... 💯%

The calibre of people I have to interview😭😭😭😭😭 17% in Maths Lit!!! 20% in Zulu (your 1st language!!!) WTF?!? @MYANC You've fucked up a whole generation of SA kids for good! Your @GovernmentZA education system is an epic FAIL. You've managed to make many people unemployable!

Five types of fake news and how to spot them bit.ly/2tvcC7G

The #LoveYourCommunityRadio campaign is a call for an annual grant to community media organisations to provide quality and independent journalism, and a platform for citizens to become community media activists at a local level. #WorldRadioDay mediaupdate.co.za/media/146166/r…

t isn’t critical, in the long-term, for all journalists to have coding skills. However, it is important that they understand what machines can do, and how to work with technology teams to harness those capabilities. bit.ly/2H3eyO8

Blockchain could allow publications to set up a system where readers can make micro-payments for every article they read. bit.ly/2Tu2HL5

Matthew Iles, CEO of crypto startup company Civil, says, “Leveraging blockchain technology and cryptoeconomics will create a platform for a free and independent press – where there’s only journalists and citizens involved and no advertising in the business model.”

Each year, @NiemanLab ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say bit.ly/2EpKU3H

The surprising ways in which blockchain could save journalism bit.ly/2Tu2HL5

Gigaba designs #click=https://t.co/PyAAYvQ45B" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ewn.co.za/2018/11/13/mal…

What we’ve learnt about fake news in Africa via @BBCAfrica #click=https://t.co/1gptAoqVeW" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.com/news/amp/world…

Circulation figures will continue to drop for as long as we do not invest in human resources and actually send reporters out into the field to come back with exclusive stories. - @UnathiKondile iol.co.za/news/opinion/s…

What do we mean when we talk about “community engagement” in hyperlocal journalism and how can it work? bit.ly/2F8Km32

For 24 hours, technologists and content creators to take part in the "Fighting Fake News" hackathon in Nairobi, Kenya on 9 and 10 November bit.ly/2FcsmFg