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Two unrelated tales of citizen activism are a salient reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things
Why is the visual depiction of this country in centre-left international online news publications so unrecognisable?
The author and journalist shares a reading list from her time as The New York Times bureau chief for West Africa
Several polls since the start of the pandemic show a majority of people checking the news several times a day and turning to trusted news sources and state broadcasters rather than social media
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s personality meant that he emerged as a celebrity
Are China or Russia ahead of the US in aerial technology or are intergalactic visitors trying to make friends with us?
Twenty-three journalists and 13 media companies face fines and prison terms for allegedly breaching a gag order
The dissident journalist was dismembered after his murder October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul but his remains have yet to be found
Two events have been latched upon by US president Donald Trump to bolster his long-standing grievance that the press is biased against him
Low pay and precarious work conditions for most African journalists lead many to seek work with Western news outlets
The coordinated effort comes amid Trump’s persistent claims that media outlets that publish articles critical of him are churning out ‘fake news’
‘Why people allow Facebook to make up their minds for them is beyond me and that might be the real question here’
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The US president hit back at The New York Times for publishing ‘fake news’
The WTA Tour does not have protected seedings for players who return from absences
It takes political mobilisation, education, laws and economic opportunities
The Pulitzer Prize recognises achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States
‘I might give them my personal information for free, which would spare them the trouble of wheeling and dealing with Zuck’
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Let Mam’ Winnie rest in peace
Postpartum depression in men is real and it may be linked to testosterone levels
The media giant’s shares plunged over revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign misused data on 50 million members.
What happened to protests starting in the morning and showing the powers that be that “we will render this space ungovernable”?
After the recent xenophobic violence in SA the New York Times wrote that five million immigrants call South Africa home. Is this number exaggerated?
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A $5-billion industry is outraged over a <i>New York Times</i> article saying that yoga is bad for your body.
WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange will play his final card on Monday in a lengthy legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over rape claims.
Media reports claim United States President Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev seeking help to disarm Iran.
Senator Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected to become the Democratic United States presidential nominee after next week and he is considering an overseas trip that may include Iraq. After a hard-fought primary season against rival Democrat Hillary Clinton, Obama said the general election race will begin in earnest next week.
Sam Sole, the M&G‘s award-winning investigative reporter, and Matthew Burbidge, news editor of the M&G Online, interviewed Seymour Hersch, the original newsman, who says ”The wonderful thing about our profession is if we do it right, stories are not Democrat or Republican, left or right, hawk or dove, pro or anti-government. Stories are stories, and they’re just the truth.”
President Thabo Mbeki faces an uphill battle to remain politically relevant in his last year in office after his failure to contain an eruption of violence that has killed dozens of foreign workers in South Africa. Mbeki was already under fire for failing to prevent a crippling power shortage when mobs went on the rampage this month.
The former Times editor Robert Thomson was named managing editor of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday night as Rupert Murdoch tightened control of the world’s top selling business newspaper. Thomson’s new role is the top editorial position at the Journal.
Mike Tyson, the self-professed ”baddest man on the planet”, who did not believe he would reach the age of 40, is still alive and says he has been clean from drugs and alcohol for 15 months. He has granted a powerful interview granted just before travelling to the Cannes film festival to promote a documentary about his life.
If the death of a racehorse is a sad event, then the death of a racehorse on live television is an obvious starting point for national catharsis. So it has been in the United States in the past few days after the collapse and ultimate euthanasia of the filly Eight Belles at the end of last weekend’s Kentucky Derby.