The announcement that City Press will be going fully digital takes me back to a rather ugly incident 22 years ago. I was covering Jacob Baby Jake Matlala’s final boxing match for the Sunday Sun at The Carnival City on a Saturday night. City Press and Sunday Sun, located in the same building and both… Continue reading From Film to Digital – Reflections From A Newshound
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Sanef, Media24’s Blind Support For Maughan: A Sad Tale Of Stratcom Journalism On Steroids
When I arrived on Wednesday the 22nd of March at the Pietermaritzburg High Court, to support President Jacob Zuma in his private criminal prosecution of advocate Billy Downer and Media24 journalist Karyn Maughan, I was met with the extraordinary sight of journalists who are members of SA National Editors’ Forum (SANEF), picketing with placards stating… Continue reading Sanef, Media24’s Blind Support For Maughan: A Sad Tale Of Stratcom Journalism On Steroids