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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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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“no”

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digital divide

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South Africa Media Consumption 20116

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

Facebook

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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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More Africans have access to mobile phones than to clean drinking water.

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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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digital native

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digital immigrant

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community

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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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cost

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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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#thingsdarkiessay

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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 /

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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

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Hugs and kisses inHarare

Page 6

Hugs and kisses inHarare

Bulelani Ngcuka Leonard McCarthy (2007)

No pills, too many bills for Gauteng’s hospitals

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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

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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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Activist Network

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(not) talkin’ bout a revolution

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thank you

Chris RoperMail & Guardian Online

mg.co.zachrisroper.co.za@chrisroperza

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