by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) Top SA radio presenter Gareth Cliff launched CliffCentral in May 2014. Just over a year since the launch, Grubstreet put these questions via email to Cliff to find out how the new venture is doing.
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Grubstreet: Barney Simon app breaks new ground for radio
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) Last year 5FM’s Gareth Cliff struck out on his own and started CliffCentral.com that goes out on web and WeChat. This year Kagiso Media has launched an app curated by Barney Simon — the legendary alternative DJ from Radio 5 days.
Grubstreet: SA’s student media on a growth path
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) From the fall of the Cecil John Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town to the Student Representative Council (SRC) president’s “I love Hitler” pronouncements at Wits University, South Africa’s campuses have been a big national story this year.
Grubstreet: Soccer Laduma — what readers want
by Gill Moodie. When the ABC circulation and Amps readership figures come out, Soccer Laduma is often the star of the show – gaining ground or holding steady – but media watchers tend to dismiss it because it’s a sports title.
Grubstreet: Inside youth site Daily Vox
The Daily Vox – which grew out of a youth-orientated website set up for last year’s general election called “South African Votes 2014” – is giving a voice to young South Africans and delivering it with online packaging savvy.
Grubstreet: User-generated content — beating the wire services
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) What is user generated content — or UGC in digital speak — worth journalistically?
Grubstreet: Business Day managing audience shift from print to digital
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetsa) Songezo Zibi is an unusual editor for unusual times. What is striking about him is how he’s able to look at the paper very clearly from the outside, from a reader and advertiser’s perspective. Take his explanation for Business Day’s recent revamp, for instance.
Grubstreet: Media lapses in reporting on children
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) The rule of thumb when it comes to reporting on children is think once, twice, three times about how you’re going to do – and then think again. And consult the South African Press Code or a media lawyer.
Grubstreet: ABC circ 10-year comparison — how the mighty have fallen
How the mighty have fallen. That is the striking impression when you look at the most recent ABC circulation figures for South Africa’s newspapers and magazines – for the fourth quarter of 2014 – and compare them with the numbers from 10 years ago.
Grubstreet: Media trends for 2015
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) What can we expect of 2015 as media professionals in South Africa?