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THE BIG ISSUE SA
Ethical media practice – the heavyweights
“YOU SAY
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HOW I MADE MY WAY • People need different types of support …
[ WRITER’S CORNER ] • Damon Galgut’s Booker-winning novel probes white South Africa and the land issue
Lightbulb moments
EXPOSING MORE SECRETS • Broadcast journalist and author Mandy Wiener 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 story-telling • Minimising harm while doing the job of telling stories... and remembering those who died in service.
I don’t know the answer to that … • 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.
Journalism during Covid-19 • A famous line from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, reads: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness...” And that’s what the news year that was, has felt like to me
Little issue • young minds matter
Strengthening systems and institutions • South African institutions are limping, and the media is no exception …
Journalism makes blunders – an 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.
MUSIC TO YOUR EARS • Ten young ambitious musicians from Cape Town have been awarded full bursaries to change the tune of their futures with Bridges For Music Academy’s five-month Music MBA programme.
BEYOND THE BRIDGES
SA movie delves into poaching • What does salvation look like? When a person lacks options, this may not be a straightforward judgement to make. Is salvation an unearned windfall, or doing what’s legal?
WHAT’S ON? • Happy 2022! Stay safe, be happy and enjoy the great outdoors bathed in South African summer sunshine.
SELF DISCOVERY • “What shape waits in the seed of you to...