TechCentral, a new online media site covering ICT related issues in South Africa launched at the beginning of this month and seems to be flying from the quality of the articles, the debate in the comments about those articles and their click-through rate on ads (acc. to Duncan Mcleod). Duncan ended a long run at Financial Mail, to start out on his own, having spotted a significant "online" shift in journalism happening.
I was a little taken aback to be asked to contribute an opinion piece from time to time, after all there is a distinct difference between writing the odd blog post on a piece of digital real estate you own and can abuse as you see fit, and airing your views in a genuine online publication!
But what the heck, the first column is out there ("From digital janitors to enablers of business"). I digitally shredded the first attempt and notice Duncan has done a fine job of editing the second attempt. If nothing else, this might force me to improve my writing style and start writing a bit more often.
I am truly grateful that it is only once a month or so - I'm not sure how these journo's churn out vaguely sensible stuff day in and day out.
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