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How to put together a team of citizen journalists

How to put together a team of citizen journalists

There is a term that I have been guilty of using. I even at one stage adopted it with glee. But it should really be banned from the community and citizen journalism space. And that term is “virtual newsroom”. It sounds magical and easy: an idea that this team of...
Starting just outside Pietermaritzburg

Starting just outside Pietermaritzburg

When I first went down to KZN to visit Siya Gidi he took me to a house just outside Pietermaritzburg. We met a lady called Andile* and she explained how as a child she had hidden in a house similar to the one we were in, squat, simple and part of a suburb, while her...