Interviewed by a South African media columnist
Herman Manson — a media columnist for South Africa’s BizCommunity Marketing & Media — interviewed your not-so-humble blogger this weekend.
He asked me about my thoughts on the state of visual journalism and on the effects online journalism have had on print.
Herman also asked me a lot of South African-related questions: My opinion of the design of South African papers, for instance, and on the importance for South African papers to contribute their front pages to the Newseum — especially during an event like the World Cup. The managing editor of BizCommunity Marketing & Media, Simone Puterman, tells me she’s inserting additional plugs on behalf of the Newseum into her publications.
The interview is online, as you can see above. Added degree of irony: An advertisement for Adobe’s Creative Suite appears across the top of the page. How come Adobe won’t advertise with VizEds or the Society for News Design?
BizCommunity Marketing & Media’s e-publication — Biz Marketing — has 50,573 daily subscribers in South Africa and 37,435 subscribers to its weekly newsletter. More than 18,000 subscribe to its sister publication, Biz Marketing Africa. The web site contains a vast array of topic pages including various media, marketing and advertising interests, among others.
Find the BizCommunity Marketing & Media web site here. Read my Q&A here.