Podcast production company Volume, with SAMIP’s assistance, launched a project to tell the stories of media workers during the Coronavirus (also known as Covid-19) outbreak in South Africa. Guests included SAMIP participants such as Quote This Woman+, Hashtag...
SAMIP Advisory Committee member and digital media pioneer Matthew Buckland passed away. Matthew was an integral part in the early of SAMIP and not only helped choose the first set of entrants to the program but also provided mentorship and consulting to the program...
Between May and October 2020: Viewfinder founder and director Daneel Knoetze was shortlisted for a Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journalism; Food for Mzansi, Mail & Guardian and Daily Maverick won awards at the WAN-IFRA Digital Media Africa Awards and...