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To constantly be at the forefront of academic research is an easy task when you work as the associate researcher at the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership in Grahamstown. The knowledgeable staff of this prestigious institute keep me on my toes.  I write proposals about mobile news applications, brown-envelope journalism and South Africa’s digital migration – these topics really are just as interesting as they sound.

The search for funders is ongoing. We apply with Hivos, FreeVoice, OSISA and Samdef on a regular basis. It is not easy to receive funding but we keep our hopes up. We are now moving quicker, producing more and more interesting research proposals, to different funders to ensure that we can work on a project this year.

There is still a lot to research within the  Southern African media landscape, especially when it comes to mobile media and using new media for social justice and activism. EvN will continue writing research proposals that aim to uplift the standards of journalism and fight for the voiceless in 2010.

EvN Media Solutions would like to thank all the people involved in our work and all the clients who make it possible to continue our business into its third year. Special mention goes to the School of Journalism in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and the Digital Citizen Indaba sponsors who are kind enough to ask for EvN’s services on a continuous basis.

In 2009 EvN extended its practical skills on multiple media platforms, including mobile. Keeping up-to-date with new media technologies and social media is necessary to grow EvN into a company that keeps on the foreground of offering new media solutions to media companies and media projects. The year also presented many new insights with projects related to press freedom and digital activism.

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This is the third time I am involved in coordinating the Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI) in Grahamstown, South Africa and this year promises to be the best so far. Not only do we expect 300 delegates, DCI is now also a two-day event! It takes place on 5 and 6 September. Our theme is ‘Digital civil society and journalism in Africa’ and you can follow our live updates on our DCI website.

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It’s all done, I have just finished lecturing my last course at the School for Journalism in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Time for some reflection with comments from the student evaluations.

Evaluations
During the final lecture of each course the students fill out a self-made evaluation form. Completely new for me was teaching blogging within a School. The fourth-year students work in a crossmedia lab, using mostly radio and television, and had to now integrate Campusblog.nl in their schedule.

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The proposal I’ve been working on for the Sol Plaatje Media Institute in South Africa is getting more complicated by the day. Its topic is ‘A Qualitative Case Study of Sustainable and Profitable Mobile News Services in South Africa’ and can be divided into three smaller research opportunities.

First of all there are the media houses themselves, then the advertisers and lastly the audience.

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