Botswana’s media is in crisis
/ 29 January 2020

Botswana’s media is in crisis

COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing on which virtually everyone in Botswana agrees: most of the news and information we are fed is biased.  There are constant complaints about bias, from readers and politicians alike. These complaints are not groundless. As director of […]

Video stars: Russian child bloggers score millions of ‘likes’
/ 23 October 2019

Video stars: Russian child bloggers score millions of ‘likes’

Liza Anokhina was 11 when people started recognising her in the street. Now a year older, she is one of Russia’s most popular child bloggers with 2.3 million followers on Instagram. In a Moscow park, her producer jogs backwards, using his phone to film as Liza runs and blows raspberries. Tall and slim and wearing […]