Environment Training Writing a good story pitch So what? Why should we care? Written by rovingreporters December 4, 2020October 25, 2021
Environment Wildlife summit targets young Two-hundred young people, community leaders and educators will meet this month to learn how they can help save Africa’s natural treasures. Mlu Mdletshe reports. Written by Mlu Mdletshe September 10, 2019May 29, 2020
Training Have your say about hunting with dogs Investigating the issue of hunting with dogs is one of Mlu Mdletshe’s next Roving Reporters assignments following recent complaints about the issue on the lower South Coast. In the following article, first published by GroundUp in September 2017, residents in the Eastern Cape had complained that government cared more for wildlife than they did for […] Written by rovingreporters August 4, 2019August 4, 2019
Environment Ocean Watch Ten more swimmers join the Wild Friends campaign trail A group of Capetonians are swimming a 22km relay from Cape Point to Simonstown tomorrow to support conservation efforts in the sensitive northern Wild Coast eco-system which is under threat from dune mining and over-fishing. The 10 swimmers will head off at around 10am wearing costumes, goggles and caps only and will make their way […] Written by rovingreporters May 24, 2019October 15, 2019
Training What Roving Reporters can do for an international intern Not all journalism students are lucky enough to get a front page byline and a private, in-person interview with the National Geographic Storytelling Grants Program Officer on their first internship. Internships in journalism are so competitive in the United States, that finding an unpaid one doesn’t ensure that you will actually grow as a writer […] Written by rovingreporters October 31, 2018January 20, 2020
Conservation Watch Environment Court bid to close coal mine AN environmental advocacy group is seeking a court interdict to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine near the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal. Thabiso Goba reports Written by rovingreporters August 23, 2018August 25, 2018