Getting your story out there – the changing face of journalism

Building on my post from yesterday, I’ve decided to look into the changing face of journalism, and the new opportunities (and sometimes threats) offered by ‘new’ social media. According to Gino Cosme of Cosmedia, social media refers to the: “collective intelligence of internet users, the communities and web real estates they frequent, and the content [...]

Online platform boosts dialogue and exchange

News24’s community citizen journalism platform, MyNews24, is a local initiative that aims to bring ordinary people closer to journalism. The platform enables anyone to publish letters, opinion pieces, stories and photos or videos of an event. This is an attempt to bring journalism closer to those who previously didn’t have a chance to access this [...]

Budding writers step on online platform

All those interested in creative writing; posting it on the internet; and doing it for free can sign up on the Ficly website. Ficly is a collaborative writing community where members can contribute to shared works of fiction. With only 1 024 characters, Ficly users issue story challenges; start new story stubs; and add sequels and [...]

Need help keeping out of certain websites?

 
 
 
 
I found a fascinating link the other day.
Keep Me Out’s premise is that if you’re addicted to a website, you’ll benefit from a helpful ‘warning’ to prevent you from visiting the site as often as you do.
Most of us do have our online favourites that we keep going back to… which in all likeliness, chew [...]