Archive for the 'Highway Africa' Category

Well, somewhere along the way it appears that the Highway Africa New Media Awards have been rebranded to the SABC-Highway Africa Digital Journalism Awards - I shall find out in the morning when I shall be one of the very few who pitch for the 8.30am Q&A session with the winners (after last night’s Absa [...]

“Journalists will disappear if they don’t make the transition to the digital world.” That was a scary comment by 24.com’s Arie Rossouw at Highway Africa last week. By implication this means communicators and any brands not making use of new media tools – because many of your consumers are, particularly your current/future consumers, the youth. [...]

Vincent Maher and Ismail Farouk (photo by Louise Marsland)

Louise has just smsed me to let me know that Amatomu has won an award at Highway Africa! Go Vince and Matt! Full details in tomorrow’s newsletter.
Update 20:19: Latest sms from Louise says that Vincent was actually dancing on stage. I can’t wait to see the Zoopy [...]

Words by Zoopy.
A fascinating debate examining the differences between columnists versus bloggers.
Fred Khumalo, Sunday Times columnist/The Times blogumist

Vincent Maher, blogger and digital strategist at Mail & Guardian Online

Questions and answers from the floor
Here, the audience gets involved in the debate.

Fred Khumalo speaks
Fred elaborates on his ambivalent feelings about blogging in general and his blog [...]

Words by Zoopy.
Welcome address
Highway Africa 2007 kicked off with a look at the mission and intentions of this annual event that draws visitors from across the continent.

Panel discussion on Sunday newspapers
Anchored by Jeremy Maggs, this panel discussion looked at the challenges of producing a Sunday newspaper. Featuring City Press and Sunday Independent.

Opening dinner
At the [...]

Those bunking the Digital Citizen Indaba which started Saturday in Grahamstown were to be found watching the rugby Sunday at the Bat and Carrot… er… Cat and Garrot… er Rat and some bird. Anyway the hot balmy day, coral trees in flower and winning rugby on the big screen contributed to the holiday feeling for [...]

There’s going to be a fair amount of diplomatic ballet going on in Grahamstown this week as African and South African editors from all over the continent meet to discuss issues such as press freedom, all the while sharing the platform with SABC bigwigs at the more formal presentations at the annual Highway Africa new [...]