The JessicaLeandra twurricane unfolds [map]
I'd never heard of this individual before but after her "k-word" Twitter comment it looks like Jessica Leandra is about to be notorious enough for even me to know who she is. Interesting to watch the twitter comments unfolding on the map below.
How to tell complex stories simply… A great example – from the Daily Sun
"Serious" journalists like to be a bit sniffy about the tabloids. But the other day I came across a piece of (South African) tabloid reporting which I think is just the bee's knees. It's a wonderful example of complicated-made-simple journalism.
I don't think it is "condescending" or "low-brow" or the other labels that tabloids often (justificably) face.
I want to post the links and some excerpts of it here so that I can keep it as a useful reference. I hope you find it useful too.
The piece was by Rian Malan back in March 2010 when service delivery protests were really cooking. I didn't see it at the time and stumbled on it researching something else we are working on.
Here is a small sample:
Twitter and the Protection of Information Bill Black Tuesday Protests
Zoom in to areas on the map to see how South Africans are pushing the #Blacktuesday campaign on Twitter
On the march: Follow ANCYL march as mapped via twitter
Monitor the ANC Youth League march against poverty between Johannesburg and Pretoria as it is covered and commented on twitter via this map below. Zoom in for tweets closer to the action and zoom out to monitor broader commentary or coverage. Use the Map Wiki tool below the map to add your own material and edits.
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