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/ 22 September 2004
The new breed of citizen journalist, the person who blogs, takes photos on their mobile phone and uploads them to a mobLog (mobile weblog), records video, sends it to a video blog and participates in what is commonly becoming known as the "We Media", relies heavily on Open Source Software, often running on Linux servers.
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/ 22 September 2004
Time for a rant. The whoring of editorial space that masquerades as motoring journalism is the subject. Although the sentiment will sound naïve in the extreme, maybe what we have here is an opportunity to lend some real world meaning to the collective hand-wringing at media’s recent humiliations.
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/ 22 September 2004
History has shown that Johncom management isn’t scared to fire its editors, so Mondli Makhanya’s position at the helm of the <i>Sunday Times</i> will never be completely safe. At this giant, it’s not easy to juggle the demands of readers, advertisers and good journalism to the satisfaction of everyone concerned. Kevin Bloom reports.
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/ 22 September 2004
After not receiving a reply from the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists on his July article, David Bullard addresses this one to the SA Guild of Motoring Industry Publicity Generators.
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/ 22 September 2004
<i>The Daily News</i> website and <i>Zimonline</i> continue to publish news critical of the Mugabe regime, and there’s not much Jonathan Moyo can do about it. Matthew Buckland looks at the power of websites as tools of democracy in Africa.
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/ 22 September 2004
Programme Director: Integrated Rural Development, Southern African Region, W K Kellogg Foundation With a background in development planning, Vuyo now works to uplift the rural poor of Southern Africa. This work is close to her heart, to the extent of personally investing in their craft projects. Her work entails finding growth-oriented opportunities and sustainable funding […]
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/ 22 September 2004
Environmental Management Consultant, Acer Africa While studying for a BSc towards a medical career, Bongi had to do research on wetlands at the Environmental Education Centre in Mtunzini in KwaZulu-Natal. This experience motivated her to major in ecology and microbiology. After graduating, she worked at the centre as an environmental officer, guiding school groups and […]
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/ 22 September 2004
<b>Director: Water, Environment and Forestry Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Environmentek</b>
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/ 22 September 2004
<b>Executive Director: People and Conservation, SANParks</b>
Razeena is intent on healing these divides. When SANParks identified a need to involve local communities in conservation efforts within parks, the Directorate for People and Conservation was created. “It is important to bring people into conservation. Our parks should no longer be silos of isolation,” she says.
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/ 22 September 2004
Chief Operating Officer: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism It takes a very special person to keep DEAT running smoothly. Like the mother of a large household, Pam’s job is to ensure that the disparate parts of this diverse government department run like a well-oiled machine. ‘I thrive under pressure,” she says. ‘Every day is […]