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Why some news stories get more clicks from social media than others

by Jamlab Contributor | Apr 6, 2021 | FEATURES

By Juliana Sutanto Few industries have suffered more disruption from the internet than the news media. Over two decades or more, journalism has been hit by a “perfect storm” due to the loss of geographical monopolies that national and regional news organisations once...

A popular Twitter handle that gave birth to a self-sustaining online media organisation — 263Chat

by Jamlab Contributor | Sep 17, 2020 | FEATURES

By Lemuel Chekai The covid-19 induced devastation manifesting on an already choking Zimbabwean economy has left big guns in the southern African country’s media landscape hanging by a thread. Decades of resource mismanagement, rampant corruption, among other external...

Seven ways journalists can up their social media game

by Jamlab Contributor | Aug 28, 2019 | FEATURES

By Damian Radcliffe and Destiny Alvarez Social media is swimming with journalists and non-journalists alike, but too often engagement between the two is scant. That’s the view of Mandy Jenkins, general manager for McClatchy’s local news initiative The Compass...

Six free social media sleuthing tools for journalists

by Melissa | Dec 21, 2018 | HOW TO

So you’re looking for creative and innovative ways to find information on a source or someone you’re investigating? Try social media sleuthing. During the 2018 African Journalism Investigative Conference Michael Salzwedel from Social Weaver shared simple tools for...

Verifying information found online

by Tshepo Tshabalala | Jun 30, 2017 | REVIEWS

How can social video prove the innocence of a wrongfully arrested activist? How do you verify the authenticity of images or videos from social media before using them in your stories? How can you navigating multiple languages (and spellings) to search for companies or...

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