world editors forum 11: community session chris roper
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18th WORLD EDITORS FORUM
Session: After WikiLeaks: the next step for newspapers Title: the Trojan birdSpeaker: Chris Roper
Vienna, Reed Messe Wien
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www.wan-ifra.org/kiev2012
the Trojan bird
World Editors ForumVienna, October 13 2011
Chris RoperMail & Guardian Online
mg.co.zachrisroper.co.za@chrisroperza
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beware geeks bearing gifts
"Do not trust the horse bird, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the
Greeks even when they bring gifts."
Virgil, Aeneid, Book 2, 19 BC:
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Is it certain that to the word "communication" corresponds a concept that is unique, univocal, rigorously controllable, and transmittable: in a
word, communicable?
Jacques Derrida, Signature Event Context
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Africa is one of Facebook’s fastest growing markets. There are currently around 32 mn Facebook users in Africa.
27% of African internet users have Facebook profiles, compared to 18% of internet users in Asia.
As at 30 June 2011, there were over 14 mn Facebook users in North Africa
6.5 mn in Egypt
2.4 mn in Tunisia
23% of all Tunisians have Facebook accounts.
In the first six months of 2011, around 3 mn Egyptians joined Facebook, with around 700,000 joining in both Nigeria and South Africa
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Currently, 120 mn internet users in Africa
In 2010, the cost of a fixed broadband subscription basket in Africa was 291% of gross national income (GNI), compared to 27% in Asia, and 2% in Europe.
2000 there were 15 mn mobile subscriptions in Africa
End of 2010 there were over 500 mn
By 2015 there will be almost 800 mn
mobile and internet
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In South Africa mobile phone use has gone from 17 percent of adults in 2000 to 76 percent in 2010
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How can editors best create communities around their publications, and how can they
benefit most effectively from what these communities have to offer?
How can editors best create communities
around their publications, and how can they
benefit most effectively from what these
communities have to offer?
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social media will ‘save’ africabattleground / terms of engagement / winning the peace.
To put it crudely, are we going to fight for a democracy determined by the purveyors of those social media platforms crucial to the struggle, or one that
defines itself outside of the terms of its production?
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AFRICA’S BEST READ
SOUTH AFRICAmg.co.za
R23.50 in South Africa/www.mg.co.za / SMS “subs” to subscribe by cellphone (one-off R1.50 charge) to 34917 Zimbabwe / International US$2 / Mozambique / Zambia ZMK14 500 / Kenya Ksh504 / Angola US$7.10 / Botswana P20.20 / Swaziland E18.28 / Malawi MWK 516 / Lesotho M23.50
Simphiwe’s solution
Dana plans stokvel to fund
black education
Page 15
Row over Gupta’s mine contracts Page 12
R230-m to wreck a building company
Business
Hand heritage
The telling
anatomy of an
ancestorPage 16
September 9 to 15 2011 Vol 27, No 36
IF THE SECRECY BILL IS PASSED
The stories that couldn’t be told
Yet another dodgy diplomat
Page 7
9/11 special featureA tragedy shaped by narcissism Pages 26 & 27
AFRICA’S BEST READ
April 1 to 7 2011 Vol 27, No 13
www.mg.co.zaSOUTH AFRICACelebrating 25 years of the M&G
Body LanguageWhy I still worship (the old) Wonder WomanPage 39
iCon of techEnd of the iPod?Friday
Body LanguageWhy I still worship (the old) Wonder WomanPage 39
Celebrating 25 years of the M&G
SA govt’s R6bn Libya arms bid LATEST ON
BEEKA, KREJCIR:COCAINE BUST LINK
Page 6Comment, Page 37
iCon of techEnd of the iPod?Friday
Prison brutality caught on video 10
Potty-mouthANCYL’s Floyd Shivambu and the ‘white bitch’ fracasPage 2
MK vets’ group leverages political capital Page 4Report on UniZulu tells Blade: ‘Dismiss the council’ Page 12
Huge deal negotiated at highest level, despite arms controls Page 3
PHOTO: THE STAR
Africa’s Best Read
March 27 to April 2 2009 ⁄ Vol 25, No 12
Zuma tapes split NPA
Prosecutors at war over whether to drop Zuma charges Page 2
R17,50 in SA /www.mg.co.za / SMS “subs” to subscribe via cellphone (one-off R2 charge) to 34917 or “mg” for news to 34583 Zimbabwe / International US$2 / Mozambique / Zambia ZMK11 500 / Kenya Ksh302 / Angola US$7,10 / Botswana P16,28 / Swaziland E16,28 / Malawi MWK 316 / Lesotho M17,50
SOUTH AFRICA
Was Joe Modise part of the Hani plot?
Page 7
HEALTH
It runs in the blood
Dalai Lama We’ve lost it
Was Joe Modise part of the Hani plot?
or “mg” for news to 34583 Zimbabwe / International US$2 /
Page 7
We’ve lost it
Page 7
March 27 to April 2 2009 ⁄
The man with the crystal ball
Tutu PuoaneThe diva,the hustler
FRIDAY
Buried Land Bank report exhumed
Page 34
Page 6
Hugs and kisses inHarare
Page 6
Hugs and kisses inHarare
Bulelani Ngcuka Leonard McCarthy (2007)
No pills, too many bills for Gauteng’s hospitals
Page 4
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The man with the crystal ball
Page 35
Hogan: Dead minister walking?A slippery slope ...So much for ubuntu!
Page 27
Page 5
Page 28
What was Mbeki’s role?
Africa’s Best Read
January 12 to 18 2007 ⁄ Vol 23, No 2 / R13,80 in SA / www.mg.co.za / SMS “mg” to 32510 to subscribe/ SMS “mg” to 31883 to receive news via cellphoneMozambique / ZMK10 700 in Zambia / $1 200 in Zimbabwe / Ksh250 in Kenya / US$5,50 in Angola / P13,80 Botswana / E13,80 Swaziland / MWK 256 in Malawi
Arms deal: who got R1bn in pay-offs?
Pages 2, 3 & 4
No-go Tokyo
Page 5
Inside the UK arms deal probe
From top: Joe Modise, Fana Hlongwane, John Bredenkamp and Basil Hersov
Joe Modise’s man got R55m
Basil Hersov got R77m
SA drags its feet
BAE’s web of infl uencePage 3
SOUTH AFRICA
The state of the ANCBehind the smiles
Pages 5 & 6
Prisons’ R19m big
eat-out bill
Page 8
Koos Kombuis,
Oprah and religion
FridayPage 1
Africa’s Best Read
SOUTH AFRICA
August 3 to 9 2007 ⁄ Vol 23, No 31 / R14,90 in SA / www.mg.co.za / SMS “subs” to subscribe or “mg” for news via cellphone (one-off R1 charge) to 32368Mozambique / Zambia ZMK10 700 / Zimbabwe $35 000 / Kenya Ksh250 / Angola US$5,50 / Botswana P13,80 / Swaziland E13,80 / Malawi MWK 256 / Lesotho M14,90
The quickie sex websitePage 29Fela Kuti’s true legacy
Friday, Page 20
Reversing the brain drainPage 30
Inside the Browse ‘mole’ row
Page 2
FW talks to us
Hlophe ‘broke
graft law’Page 4
Page 8
Government’s new RDPPage 10
In the fray: (from left) Jacob Zuma, Frank Chikane, José Eduardo dos Santos and Vusi Pikoli
Government spin on role of apartheid spies open to serious doubt
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Planned legislation would make these reports illegal Page 4
SA loan toSwaziland in the balance
Pages 2 & 3
The rise and rise of China in Africa
Pages 20 & 21
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secrecy bill
- prison sentences of five years for whistleblowers who leak state secret - no public interest
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We will pray as we prayed for the downfall of the apartheid government. We will pray for the
downfall of a government that misrepresents us" Desmond Tutu, Oct 4, 2011
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