South African Paper Tries Online Citizen Journalism
Johnnic Communications, the company that owns the Sunday Times of South Africa is launching reporter.co.za, an online citizen newspaper, where citizen writers will be paid nominal fees for contributions.
This from a press release:
reporter.co.za is managed by Johncom Digital Media, the electronic arm of Johnnic Communications. Its virtual newsroom will be led by a team of experienced journalists, including content editor Peter Malherbe, (who was the former managing editor of the Sunday Times) and Manu Padayachee, known for his work at M-Net and Carte Blanche. The newsroom also consists of about 20 multimedia journalists, who will guide contributors through the process of creating news.
Here is more from its extensive description of its plans:
Introducing reporter.co.za, a website written for the people, by the people…
Now you can report on what interests you.
Publish your own eyewitness accounts of an event, send in news reports, write a column, become a movie or music reviewer, or take up a community issue. Or just send in a funny limerick for the Bad Poetry corner!
Register now, and submit a story, picture or sound file.
You can change the face of news in South Africa.
February 1st, 2006 at 2:22 pm
South Africa Citizen Journalism Gets Critiqued
Recently we noted that a citizen journalism driven online newspaper was being started in South Africa by the substantial Johnnic Communications entitled: Reporter.co.za Here is part of a critique in Business Day: In SA, only 7% of the population uses…
February 1st, 2006 at 2:42 pm
South Africa Citizen Journalism Gets Critiqued
Recently we noted that a citizen journalism driven online newspaper was being started in South Africa by the substantial Johnnic Communications entitled: Reporter.co.za Here is part of a critique in Business Day: In SA, only 7% of the population uses…