Category Archives: Journalism

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Power journalism – in more than one sense

Posted on 26 July 2013 by admin

TweetHow did it happen that we all became victims of power, instead of having it serve us? The American stand-up comic and satirist George Carlin once said that “electricity is just organised lightning”. He might have added that government-owned corporations … Continue reading →

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Data journalism: brutal statistics

Posted on 17 April 2013 by admin

TweetThe typical journalist (a) mismanages his or her own finances (b) is terrified of computations of a numerical nature (c) believes that statistics lie but uses them anyway, and (d) knows that the time for data journalism has come. Do … Continue reading →

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Spot On newspaper workshop

Posted on 28 June 2012 by admin

TweetThe name is right, the people are right and the place is right – it’s all Spot On. The Thabang Society, which runs a health clinic in the township of Tumahole, Parys, has launched a newspaper appropriately called Spot On. … Continue reading →

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