by SAMIP | Jun 12, 2020 | News
New podcasts, new funding, awards nominations and a million hits: here are some highlights this week from the South African Media Innovation Program. Youth developing through Covid-19 podcasting Children’s Radio Foundation, an organisation using radio to create...
by SAMIP | Jun 5, 2020 | News
This week, while protests against police brutality spread across the United States, SAMIP participants used their platforms to raise awareness of issues of police violence and accountability in South Africa, while others kept audiences informed on how the pandemic is...
by SAMIP | Jun 1, 2020 | News
It goes without saying that 2020 has been a challenging year for us all. South Africa went into a nation-wide lockdown at end of March and life has not been the same since. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted all industries and for media it has been likened to an...
by SAMIP | May 29, 2020 | News
According to government plans, no more than a third of students will return to campuses in Level 3 of lockdown. In their latest newsletter, The Daily Vox spoke to two university students, Siya Shazi and Njabulo Mhlambi, about how they’re dealing with online...
by SAMIP | May 22, 2020 | News
South Africa has now been under lockdown for 60 days with no end in sight. Despite the odds, the South Africa Media Innovation Program’s participants have continued the hard work of reporting the news and creating innovative products. In this week’s episode of...
by SAMIP | May 15, 2020 | News
As South Africans hope for a further easing of the lockdown and a gradual opening of the economy, three of SAMIP’s participants were shortlisted for the 2019 Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journalism – Daneel Knoetze of Viewfinder, Pauli van Wyk of the...
