Community updates

Chronological news digests

2019-10-29

Tanzania tech startup fights fake drugs through new online platform

Tatiana Repkova | https://globalvoices.org/ ... |

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Launches of Newspapers / Publications / Standalone News Websites / Other Media - Startups
Covering / Reporting Medical Care / Health / Illness / Disabilities / Drugs / Alcohol / Drinking
Fact-Checking / Verification - Accuracy - Fake/False News

2019-10-24

What if scale breaks community? How to reboot audience engagement amid political attacks and platform capture - Julie Posetti, Felix Simon, and Nabeelah Shabbir

Tatiana Repkova | https://www.niemanlab.org ... |

India, Philippines, South Africa

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South Asia, South-East Asia, Southern Africa

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Online / Digital / Mobile / Social Media Trends
Increasing Readership / Audience / Traffic / Engagement - Improving User Experience - Audience Development / Embracement

2019-10-18

How Ethiopia's ruling coalition created a playbook for disinformation: Mis- and disinformation online fuels pre-election suspicions

Tatiana Repkova | https://globalvoices.org/ ... |

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Covering / Reporting Politics / Elections / Campaigns / Government / Public Events
Propaganda / Malinformation / Misinformation / Disinformation / Information Wars

2019-10-03

Tiso Blackstar’s journey from print to digital navigating South Africa’s exorbitant data costs

Tatiana Repkova | https://blog.wan-ifra.org ... |

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Southern Africa

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Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience
New Media - Multimedia - Cross-Media Publishing - Convergence - Integrating / Separating Print & Online Operations - Digital Transformation

2019-09-20

Looking for reliable data in French? Meet Africa Check’s Infothèque

Tatiana Repkova | https://www.poynter.org/f ... |

Ivory Coast, Senegal

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Eastern Africa, Western Africa

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Data / Database Journalism
Media / News / Newspaper Archives / Library
Fact-Checking / Verification - Accuracy - Fake/False News

2019-09-16

Internet shutdowns and the right to access in Sudan: A post-revolution perspective. Are apologies enough to ensure freedom of expression?

Tatiana Repkova | https://globalvoices.org/ ... |

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Arab World, Eastern Africa

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Africa, Africa / Asia

Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Freedom of Information - Access to Internet

2019-08-27

Creativity, cooperation fuel community radio business models in Liberia

Tatiana Repkova | https://internews.org/sto ... |

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Strategic / Business Planning - Business Models - Franchising
TV / Radio / Broadcasting Companies / Networks / Platforms / Activity - Slow TV
Reaching / Building Communities / Neighborhood
Collaboration / Cooperation - Synergy

2019-08-08

Social media is distorting the representation of women in Africa. Here’s what can be done about it

Tatiana Repkova | https://www.niemanlab.org ... |

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Social Media Marketing / Advertising / Management / Optimization (SMO) - Social Reader
Female Image in Advertising / Media

2019-07-31

How Zimbabwe's 263Chat distributes news on WhatsApp

Tatiana Repkova | https://blog.wan-ifra.org ... |

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Southern Africa

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Distribution / Transmission Ways / Channels / Platforms - Distributed Content - Wholesale / Retail - Newsstands
Text Messages / SMS Alerts / Push notifications / Chat Apps / Chat Bots