Four email newsletters worth trying
Email newsletters can be things of joy and enlightenment. Here are four that I love reading – and they might be worth your time too.
Category: Journalism How to be a good journalist
Journalism skills – what you need to learn (and keep learning) to succeed
Being a journalist is an act of bravery in days of diminishing revenue. But if you must be one, these are some the skills you will need.
Thoughts on what it means to be a white South African
Can black people be racist? No, they can’t. But this is a question that white people could be spending less time on. There’s other work to do.
How to tell truth from… everything else (Fake News 101)
This is the year of the little round virus. So it’s also the year when we all really, seriously, need to get a grip on “fake news”. It’s always been important, but we are now in a place where sharing something dodgy on WhatsApp might affect someone else’s health. Journalists are engaged in complex debates about this (of course) – what is fake news, how to counter it, is fake news even the right term…
When a caption goes wrong…
Writing captions for pictures is part of a journalist’s stock-in-trade – and there are certain rules you just don’t break.
Copyright: What it is, why it is important
There’s one golden rule about pictures you see on the Internet: don’t download them unless you know what you are doing. Here’s a quick guide to copyright…
From truth to ego: Effective journalism in the digital age
What does being an effective journalist mean in the digital age? And what do journalists need to do to be effective?
How to be a good journalist
Journalism skills – what you need to learn (and keep learning) to succeed
Being a journalist is an act of bravery in days of diminishing revenue. But if you must be one, these are some the skills you will need.
Thoughts on what it means to be a white South African
Can black people be racist? No, they can’t. But this is a question that white people could be spending less time on. There’s other work to do.
How to tell truth from… everything else (Fake News 101)
This is the year of the little round virus. So it’s also the year when we all really, seriously, need to get a grip on “fake news”. It’s always been important, but we are now in a place where sharing something dodgy on WhatsApp might affect someone else’s health. Journalists are engaged in complex debates about this (of course) – what is fake news, how to counter it, is fake news even the right term…
When a caption goes wrong…
Writing captions for pictures is part of a journalist’s stock-in-trade – and there are certain rules you just don’t break.
Copyright: What it is, why it is important
There’s one golden rule about pictures you see on the Internet: don’t download them unless you know what you are doing. Here’s a quick guide to copyright…
From truth to ego: Effective journalism in the digital age
What does being an effective journalist mean in the digital age? And what do journalists need to do to be effective?