Having studied and worked in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa for close to 7 years, it undoubtedly holds a very special place in my heart.
I truly believe that it one of the most beautiful and diverse regions in Southern Africa and it’s surprisingly underrated as a tourist destination, even amongst many South Africans.
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DStv Mobile has sponsored a project, which is currently under way, that equips journalism students from Wits University and CityVarsity with Nokia N95 “mojo” kits similar to the one pictured below:

The main aim of the project is for journalism students to produce video, audio, and photos that get uploaded to a special mobile broadcasting network, [...]

I recently found this interesting presentation by Alisa Miller, CEO of Public Radio International, speaking at TED about the global news crisis.

Alisa starts off by asking the question “how does news shape the way we see the world?”. A serious and particularly relevant issue in the 21st Century which is exemplified by the news [...]

There’s a very interesting discussion taking place on Poynter Online over a column written by Roy Peter Clark, a journalist and writing coach, who believes that the only way to secure the future of journalism is to buy and read printed newspapers. What’s more, he says, it is the responsibility of every journalist to do [...]

OJR has created a Wiki of *mostly* free tools and web services that journalists can take advantage of to improve their storytelling and multimedia skills. The Wiki is divided into several subsections including multimedia, blogs/CMS, picture & video services, forums, RSS, newsletters and HTML/CSS references.
Although I’d say that in its current state the Wiki appeals [...]