Daily Maverick

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Daily Maverick (German roughly: "Daily Nonconformist ") is an English-language , South African Internet newspaper that appears in Johannesburg .

history

The Internet newspaper was founded in October 2009 by editor-in-chief Branko Brkic. It got its name from the business magazine Maverick , which was discontinued in 2008 and which Brkic had also edited. The first investor was technology entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig. Styli Charalambous is CEO and publisher (as of 2016).

In February 2011 the editorial team launched Free African Media, an internet newspaper for all of Africa. In June 2011 she founded iMaverick, a subscription newspaper for iPad users.

In January 2016, the newspaper permanently switched off the comment function because of the trolling of some users, in particular because of racist insults.

In May 2017, the investigative unit Scorpio was founded.

Structure, orientation and number of users

The newspaper describes itself as a unique blend of news, information, analysis and opinion delivered from our newsroom in Johannesburg, South Africa ("... a unique mix of news, information, analysis and opinion, delivered by our newsroom in Johannesburg, South Africa" ). Politically she is on the left; she sees herself as independent. The newspaper is seen as a niche newspaper in the high-end sector. In an article in the New York Times , she referred to Bill Keller as " feisty ". One of the most talked about topics include revelations to massacre Marikana in 2012, to the Greg Marinovich photos contributed. The newspaper won several awards for this.

Daily Maverick does not have a paywall . The newspaper is financed by advertising: an advertisement is placed separately from the article content. The categories are Wired World (“Networked World”), South Africa , Africa , World , Business (“Economy”), Life, Etc (“Life etc.”) and Sport . Among the regular employees of the constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos, former Secretary General of the include COSATU , Jay Naidoo , and photojournalist Greg Marinovich.

The newspaper is based in the Benmore district of Johannesburg . Editor-in-chief is Branko Brkic (as of 2016). The newspaper belongs to The Guardian Africa Network, formed in 2012 .

In mid-2013, around 300,000 unique visits were counted per month.

Others

Associated with the newspaper, especially Scorpio , is the amaBhungane Center for Investigative Journalism , which is dedicated to investigative journalism. amaBhungane is isiZulu and means dung beetle . Among other things, he succeeded in uncovering the "Guptaleaks" scandal, which proved the illegal collaboration of high-ranking politicians, including the president, with the Gupta family .

Mavericks were originally calves without branding , named after Samuel Maverick . Later, in the English language, independent thinkers and doers were referred to as Mavericks.

literature

  • Branko Brkic, Greg Marinovich , Greg Nicholson, Ivo Vegter, J. Brooks Spector: Brain Porn: the best of Daily Maverick. Table Mountain, Cape Town 2014, ISBN 9780624070689 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b portrait at dailymaverick.co.za (English), accessed on June 17, 2016
  2. ↑ Interview with Styli Charalambous from March 12, 2015 (English), accessed on June 18, 2016
  3. ^ Report on the Daily Maverick website , accessed June 17, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Portrait at bizcommunity.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 19, 2016@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bizcommunity.com  
  5. ↑ Editorial: We tried. We really, really did. ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dailymaverick.co.za, January 11, 2016, accessed June 19, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dailymaverick.co.za
  6. ^ Scorpio: A New Era for Daily Maverick. dailymaverick.co.za on May 31, 2017, accessed December 20, 2017
  7. ^ Bill Keller: It's the golden age of news. New York Times, November 3, 2013, accessed June 18, 2016
  8. ↑ a b Best, worst of times for online Maverick. bdlive.co.za, July 11, 2013, accessed June 17, 2016
  9. ↑ Portrait at theguardian.com from October 1, 2012 (English), accessed on June 18, 2016
  10. ↑ Website ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. amabhungane.co.za, accessed December 20, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / amabhungane.co.za