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Lucinda Jordaan

Johannesburg, South Africa

Consultant at Freelance

✍🏽 Writer • Media Consultant • Green pan Africanist • Kia's Mum

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  • 1 week ago | wan-ifra.org | Lucinda Jordaan |Pia Ranada

    by Lucinda Jordaan [email protected] | April 16, 2025When Reuters Digital News Report started tracking news consumption in the UK and parts of Europe in 2012, the phenomena of news avoidance soon became apparent. The trend ballooned over time, and the 2024 Report highlighted a startling offshoot: that of selective news avoidance.  This was brought home, too, by the rise of independent content creators and ‘newsfluencers’ on various social platforms.

  • 2 weeks ago | wan-ifra.org | Lucinda Jordaan

    2025-04-04. ‘If I were to build a news organisation from scratch, I would really be looking at collectives of creators’ – Audience futurist Ryan Y. Kellett makes a strong case for embracing the rising tide of content creators influencing news consumption and engagement on social media. by Lucinda Jordaan [email protected] | April 4, 2025A newsroom leader in digital strategy, journalist and media executive Ryan Y.

  • 4 weeks ago | themediaonline.co.za | Lucinda Jordaan

    “South Africa almost had a dress rehearsal for the capture that the United States is experiencing. We had an administration led by Jacob Zuma where loyalty to Jacob Zuma was seen as more important than actual ability.”Karyn Maughan gained international recognition for her broadcast reportage of the infamous Oscar Pistorius murder trial.

  • 1 month ago | wan-ifra.org | Lucinda Jordaan

    2025-03-21. As South Africa marks Human Rights Day today, award-winning investigative legal journalist Karyn Maughan shares key learnings on remaining true to the essence of journalism while countering disinformation, confronting the abuse of power – and facing down a presidential SLAPP suit. by Lucinda Jordaan [email protected] | March 21, 2025‘South Africa almost had a dress rehearsal for the capture that the United States is experiencing.

  • 1 month ago | wan-ifra.org | Lucinda Jordaan

    ‘Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without these three, we have no shared reality.’ – Nobel Laureate Maria RessaSocial media may be a minefield of distortion and disinformation, but it also remains an indispensable tool for connectivity and communication. And, in the spirit of collaboration that is so vital to a news industry challenged on all fronts, WAN-IFRA is intent on retaining our global networks and growing our various communities, wherever they are.

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