The Media Voices Edition of The Big Issue #303 is available NOW! The Big Issue #303 raises some very BIG issues! The editorial by Laura Jones on ‘Ethical media practice’ is a serious MUST read. Laura highlights the realities of the media world we live in and introduces us to some of the heavyweights in the industry.
Here are some of the BIG ISSUES raised in this Media Voices Edition.
- Exposing more secrets
Broadcast journalist and author Mandy Winer chats to Pan Macmillan about her novel The Whistleblowers.
- Broadcasting during the global pandemic
Tessa van Staden, Station Manager for CapeTalk 567AM has worked in radio for most of her life. She first stepped into a studio at the age of five when she accompanied her mother to the live recording of then popular radio dramas.
- Harm versus storytelling
Minimising harm while doing the job of telling stories … and remembering those who died in service is covered by Wendyl Martin
- I don’t know the answer to that … John Perlman
This may just be me, but I have used the sentence ‘I don’t know the answer to that’, or versions of it, more times over the past year than in the rest of my life put together.
- Inside the Newsroom …
Media insights straight from the heart of one of South Africa’s most prolific newsrooms as told by newly appointed News Editor at Eyewitness News, Nisa Allie.
- Strengthening systems and institutions – Zubeida Jaffer
South African institutions are limping and the media is no exception …
- Journalism makes blunders and insider’s view
Anton Harber, veteran South African journalist, editor and Professor of Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand wrote So, For the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture. It’s a deep dive into the conduct of the media as mega corruption and state capture engulfed and eventually brought down Jacob Zuma’s administration. Politics Editor Thabo Leshilo asked the author to provide the highlights.
- Lightbulb moments
Damon Galgut’s Booker-winning novel probes white South Africa and the land issue.
The Big Issue #303 is on sale from vendors in the city of Cape Town from January – February 2022. Anyone outside Cape Town can buy the magazine at selected Spar and PicknPay stores or HERE
“Get your Big Issue #303 copy and be part of job creation in SA – it’s more than just a good deed; it’s a damn good read.”
The Big Issue
WHAT: The Big Issue #303
WHEN & WHERE: February 2022
Available from your favourite vendors across the city. Anyone outside the city of Cape Town can buy the magazine at selected Spar and Pick n Pay stores. Anyone outside of Cape Town can buy the magazine here.
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