Yesterday I attended the Google Local Language Publisher Workshops, hosted by Google & MDDA, focusing on business development, AI tools & quality journalism. Key takeaways: expanding audience reach, leveraging AI & optimizing content for Google News. Thanks to @AutumnalTulip, Ken Kiunga & Natalia Zaba for their insightful sessions.
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OPINIONISTA: Learning must go beyond the curriculum to be beneficial: While an additional year of education is necessary, doing this without an emphasis on parental and home teaching to supplement it would be an incomplete solution. https://t.co/zmdKEmSgEV #opinionpiece
🔒Appeal court strikes Mkhwebane case from the roll. “Exasperated sighs, soapbox oratory, empty rhetoric, political posturing, theatrical gestures and long-winded dismissive non sequiturs have no place in a courtroom," judge says of Dali Mpofu. https://t.co/sBGgq9qYPm
OPINIONISTA: Listeriosis outbreak class action suit reveals uncaring food producers: The suffering is symptomatic of an uncaring system of food producers whose allegiance is not to the wellbeing of the people who consume their food but to… https://t.co/ypTzQ3wp55 #opinionpiece
OPINIONISTA: Our lives are meant to intersect, so reach out to one another, lest we forget what it is to be human: Our daily moments of interaction should remind us that our strength is in the recognition of each other’s humanity,… https://t.co/PjaZURmfKW #opinionpiece
OPINIONISTA: Domestic workers’ mental health is on the decline in SA — we need an empathy audit: Even after identifying that a mental health problem has been triggered, what access to mental healthcare is realistically available when it is even difficult… https://t.co/vGnRWQsatI
The fact that the state has had to allocate resources that could have been used more constructively to the betterment of all South Africans should shame Busisiwe Mkhwebane and her misguided supporters. https://t.co/9CsnTJTyqZ
Allegedly racist incidents in schools should concern not just black people, but all of us. They should be challenged because they have no place in the society we are fighting so hard for. https://t.co/r3CZjKBzJo
Digital marketing is prolific and sometimes hard to recognise, especially with the advent of paid social media influencers. South Africa has a high burden of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity that have been linked to ... https://t.co/BAygKQEvIi