Accelerator Programme
The Jamlab Accelerator is a six-month hothouse programme for journalism and media innovators. It is based at Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct in the heart of Johannesburg. The first six teams graduated in 2017.
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Everything you need to know regarding journalism and media innovation in Africa – fortnightly in your inbox.
Jamlab Meetup
The Jamlab Meetup Reimagining Journalism Series was created to explore the changes taking place within journalism and media in Africa.
Jamlab Africa Magazine
The Jamlab online magazine showcases journalism and media innovations and innovators in Africa. We aim to grow a network of innovators and to help build a ‘community of practice’ of media makers that can support each other by sharing advice and experience.
Jamlab Meetup | Reclaiming African narratives through storytelling: What’s Needed?
Africa has to tell her own story, build her own narrative — this point has been made over and over. It is important for how we think abou...
Mar 05, 2021 / Read More
What we are reading
Political journalist and analyst Karima Brown was indeed a forceful voice in South African media as Rebecca Davis writes in this heartfel...
Mar 04, 2021 / Read More
Greenspace Zambia— From hobbyists to media entrepreneurs
By Nicholas Wightman & Priscilla Nyathi
Mar 04, 2021 / Read More
Opportunities for African journalists in March
You are invited to apply for a chance to attend the African Podcast Workshop, hosted by the Radio Workshop, which takes place online betw...
Mar 01, 2021 / Read More
WATCH | Jamlab Meetup: Reimagining media innovation and start-ups
At our first #JamlabMeetup for the year, the conversation was about stories of media innovation and entrepreneurship. We unpacked where ...
Feb 26, 2021 / Read More
What we’re reading this week
Writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, Andrew McCormick unpacks how the power cuts in Texas opened the floodgates of climate disinfor...
Feb 25, 2021 / Read More
How African online news media report on the continent
Through a quick scroll and a few clicks across various African and international digital publication, it is evident there seems to be ver...
Feb 25, 2021 / Read More
What we’re reading this week
Australians were outraged by Facebook’s decision to block news from being shares on its platform. Australian lawmakers said the move was ...
Feb 18, 2021 / Read More
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