Environment Training Writing a good story pitch So what? Why should we care? Written by rovingreporters December 4, 2020October 25, 2021
Social & Justice Covid-19 has not dampened a young girl’s joyous spirit We managed to end apartheid and survived HIV and AIDS. What will stop us from overcoming Covid-19? asks 12-year-old, Iviwe Blaai, a Grade 7 learner at Ithuba Wild Coast Community College near Mzamba Mouth in the Eastern Cape. As I am sitting at my desk, I can already hear the president says this pandemic is […] Written by rovingreporters August 15, 2020December 18, 2020
Training Become a Roving Reporter and environmental watchdog! Join Roving Reporters’ Writers in Residence programme Global warming, the rape of our seas… species extinction. Does the degradation of our natural environment, poaching or perhaps pollution, make you mad? You want to do something, but how to start to right the wrongs? Journalism is a powerful tool to spur action. It shines a light […] Written by rovingreporters February 11, 2020February 11, 2020
Training Son of a pitch! A primer on how do get editors gushin’ rather than cussin’. Written by rovingreporters August 5, 2019August 5, 2019
Uncategorized Hook ’em and reel ’em in: How to write killer intros Whether you are writing a news story or a feature, start your story with a bang. Hook the reader with your opening line! Written by rovingreporters July 30, 2019May 14, 2020
Environment A revelation of a rugged sort Mother Nature put the brakes on a daring wild coast swim, but a seed has been planted for a new environmental education initiative – and a chance to make media magic. Craig Bishop reports Written by rovingreporters May 14, 2019October 15, 2019
Training Buck up! Time to apply for the RR internship – 2019 The Durban-based environmental journalism training agency, Roving Reporters, is recruiting two to three interns to assist us in covering environmental and social justice issues. Written by rovingreporters May 7, 2019May 16, 2019
Training Lights, camera…Oops! Roving Reporters intern Bukeka Silekwa witness a nightmare moment in broadcasting and deftly sidesteps another. Written by rovingreporters November 8, 2018November 8, 2018
Training Huang on a Mao: more to China’s African adventure than meets the eye Twenty students from across the country worked with a Wits Vuvuzela team to cover the 14th annual African Investigative Journalism Conference at the university. Thabiso Goba was one of them. Written by RR November 6, 2018November 10, 2018
Training On calling out the gaslighter in chief and other dilemmas In his blog this week, which tracks his experiences as a Roving Reporters intern, Thabiso Goba grapples with some big philosophical issues and the role of the journalist in a post-truth wold. Written by RR October 12, 2018October 14, 2018