Case studies

Case Studies

Quote This Woman+

How QW+ increase women’s voices in media and create a database of experts to increase the representation of women in media.

Igunundu

How Igunundu’s passion for creating indigenous language content is driving digital opportunities.

Volume

How Volume is perfecting low-cost, high-quality podcast production to tell stories of the pandemic and beyond.

Media Hack Collective

How Media Hack is showing the business case and civic importance of public-interest data projects.

Viewfinder

How Viewfinder is developing revenue streams to support hard-hitting accountability journalism.

Children’s Radio Foundation

Using WhatsApp as a reporting tool and connect community radio projects to their audiences.

gsport

How gsport is creating partnerships and commercial sustainability to build the profile of women in sport.

Hashtag Our Stories

How Hashtag Our Stories is building a global network of citizen journalists using mobile tech to tell their own stories.

Update | Training, information and inspiration from our experts

Digital Strategy 101 with Verashni Pillay Almost 50 people attended SAMIP’s virtual training workshop on Digital Strategy for Newsrooms on a Budget, presented by explain.co.za founder, Verashni Pillay. The two-hour workshop focused on the basics of digital news...

Update | New Year, new projects, positions and products

Building the world's best newsletter Last year Daily Maverick’s First Thing with John Stupart won the award for best newsletter at the WAN-IFRA 2022 Digital Media Awards Worldwide. So, our cohort were fortunate to be learning from the best when John Stupart presented...

Update | Solving media and societal issues, one conference at a time

Considering the Future of Journalism Education across the region In mid-November regional SAMIP participants Namibia Media Trust and CITE partnered with MISA Malawi and DW Akademie to host a 3-day hybrid conference on Journalism Education in Southern Africa. Themed...

Update | We bring news of elections, media gatherings, journalism awards and more

M&G and Newsday collaborate for Lesotho election reporting Lesotho weekly newspaper Newsday raised its game to cover the country's national elections held on 7 October. Alongside live social media polling updates the Newsday editorial team collaborated with a Mail...

Update | We bring news of global awards, new newsletters, interviews and articles worth reading

Daily Maverick win two Global Digital Media Awards After winning the regional awards, Daily Maverick has gone on to win in two categories at WAN-IFRA's 2022 Digital Media Awards Worldwide, scooping Best Newsletter for First Thing by John Stupart and Best Reader...

Update | We bring news of events, fellowships, training and more…

Marikana documentary offer M&G Productions recently presented its first documentary: Markana: South Africa’s Dark Heart, exploring the massacre at the ‘koppie’ ten years ago and the questions remaining about that fateful day. To mark the occasion Mail &...

Update | We celebrate awards, nominations, new products and more…

Lots of prizes and new products - here is the latest on what SAMIP participants are up to: Recognition and awards Daily Maverick and Food for Mzansi were recently announced as winners in the prestigious WAN-IFRA African Digital Media Awards that recognises news...

Update | Viewfinder joins GIJN, SMWX collaborates with M&G, The Daily Vox and Namibia Media Trust engage with the youth on journalism and more…

Viewfinder selected for global investigative journalism network Journalism start-up Viewfinder was recently welcomed into the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN). They were selected from 46 applicants by the GIJN Board of Directors, expanding the global...

Update | World Press Freedom Day: Journalism under Digital Siege

World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993. Every year, a specific theme is chosen for World Press Day, and this year’s theme is “Journalism under digital siege”. This year’s theme not only highlights the ways that endanger...

Update | Media Hack Collective to host in-person training and publishes report on Covid-19 in SA, Explain on power outages in SA and keeping the KZN relief funds corruption-free, and more.

We are bringing you the latest from the SAMIP cohort, here are some updates on what our participants have been getting up to. Media Hack Collective to host in-person training and publishes report on Covid-19 in SA Data journalism start-up Media Hack Collective...