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The search for lively online commentary without trolls
Online comments – and how they can veer off into bigoted nastiness and hate speech – are in the spotlight after Dr Iqbal Survé, the owner of Independent Newspapers, weighed in on comments on a column on his company’s news portal, IOL, that became aggressive and racist, writes Gill Moodie in the latest installment of her “Backstory” series.
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Fear of our dark depths keeps Farlam in shadows
News editing is the art of deciding what is important and what is less important. Faced with a barrage of potential stories, events, people and issues to cover and huge competition for audience attention, editors ultimately have to determine which are worthy of the limited attention and resources at their command, writes Wits Journalism’s Anton Harber.
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Hlaudi: I don’t want to be CEO
SABC Chief Operating Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has told City Press he was not interested in being CEO. “I haven’t applied for the CEO job. I’m comfortable and enjoying where I am. [Even if the board asks me to apply], I am comfortable where I am,” he said.
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Nigeria gets new TV stations
Nigerian entertainment television lovers are in for a new treat as the much anticipated television stations, Wazobia TV and Cool TV, are set to hit the airwaves from October 1.
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Congo expels critical journo
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Congolese authorities’ decision to expel a freelance journalist from the country and calls on them to allow her to enter the country and report freely. Before her expulsion, Sadio Kante reported receiving threats in connection with a series of stories she published on the attack of another journalist.
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