Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick is an independent South African online news publication and weekly print newspaper.[1][2][3][4]

Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick screenshot on 29 March 2013
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatOnline newspaper
PublisherStyli Charalambous
Editor-in-chiefBranko Brkic
Associate editorFerial Haffajee
Founded2009 (2009)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersCape Town, South Africa
Websitedailymaverick.co.za

It is known for breaking some of South Africa’s defining stories of the past decade, including the Marikana Massacre, in which the South African Police Service killed 34 miners in August 2012. It also investigated the Gupta Leaks,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] which won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award[13] alongside Rappler, the Filipino publication founded by Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa.  

That investigation was credited with exposing the Indian-born Gupta family and former President Jacob Zuma for their role in the systemic political corruption referred to as state capture. In 2018, co-founder and editor-in-chief Branislav ‘Branko’ Brkic [14][2] was awarded the country’s prestigious Nat Nakasa Award,[15] recognised for initiating the investigative collaboration after receiving the hard drive that included the email tranche.[16] In 2021, co-founder and CEO Styli Charalambous [17][18][19] also received the award.[15]

Background

Daily Maverick was launched in 2009 by Brkic and Charalambous following the closure of Brkic’s former print magazines, Maverick and Empire.[20][21][22][23][1][24] They started a “daily ipad newspaper” in 2011 to complement the existing website; it closed in 2013.[25][26][27] The weekly print newspaper, DM168,[28] was launched in 2020.[29][30]

Daily Maverick’s membership model has been widely cited by international media development and journalism innovation groups as a successful example of the emerging membership trend that invites audiences of news publications to pay to become part of a readership community.[31][32][19][33][34][35][36][37][38] [39]  

In addition to its membership programme, the privately-owned publication also hosts paid live events.[40][38][41] It also has received philanthropic funding from the Open Society Foundation,[42] Donald Gordon Foundation,[43] Elaine & David Potter Foundation[44] and ABSA.[45] It is a participant of the Media Investment Development Fund’s South African Media Innovation Programme.[46]

The group has more than 11 publishing partners, including the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism, Ground Up,[47] Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism, Declassified UK, The Conversation, the Institute of Security Studies’ and Outlaw Ocean Project.[48] It also produces podcasts[49][50][51][52][53] and documentary films, including Influence, directed by Poplak and Diana Neille, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.[54] Section 16, which details the online attacks on Daily Maverick’s women journalists, debuted at the Encounters Film Festival.[55][56]

Attacks

Daily Maverick has come under frequent attack regarding its funding and finances, which has been largely led by the Independent Media Group;[57]  Daily Maverick lists its funders on its website.[40] In August 2022, a judge ruled in favour of the publication when it sued a former columnist for posting on social media that he was paid to write articles critical of Independent News.[58]

Women journalists at Daily Maverick have been repeatedly targeted by politicians as well as private companies such as the now-defunct reputation management firm Bell Pottinger, which was implicated in a wide-ranging scandal involving the Gupta family and Zuma South Africa.[59] The attacks were rebuked by the Committee to Protect Journalists in 2019,[60] and documented in the UNESCO report “The Chilling: global trends in online violence against women journalists,” which was based on a global survey of 901 journalists from 125 countries.[61][62]

Awards

  • 2010 Bookmarks – Individual and Team Publisher Awards – Best Editorial Team – Daily Maverick[63]
  • 2011 Bookmarks – Product Awards – Email Marketing – Email Publication – Silver – First Thing Newsletter – Daily Maverick[64]
  • 2011 Bookmarks – Craft Awards – Editorial (Media – News, Magazines, Radio and TV Stations/Networks) – Silver – Daily Maverick[64]
  • 2011 Bookmarks – Individual and Team Awards – Best Digital Editorial Individual – Stephen Grootes – Daily Maverick[64]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Core Awards – Websites/Microsites/Mobisites – Publisher Sites (Mass Appeal) > R5m Turnover – Bronze – Daily Maverick and iMaverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Core Awards – Email Marketing – Email Publication – Silver – First Thing Newsletter – Daily Maverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Core Awards – Applications and Tools – Tablet Publication – Bronze – iMaverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Core Awards – Integrated / Mixed Media – Multi-platform Publisher – Bronze – First Thing Newsletter, Daily Maverick and iMaverick – Daily Maverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Craft Awards – Editorial (Media – News, Magazines, Radio and TV Stations/Networks) – Silver – First Thing Newsletter, Daily Maverick and iMaverick – Daily Maverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Individual and Team Awards – The Digital Maverick – Branko Brkic[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Individual and Team Awards – Best Digital Editorial Individual – Branko Brkic – Daily Maverick and iMaverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Individual and Team Awards – Best Youngster – Sipho Hlongwane – Daily Maverick[65]
  • 2012 Bookmarks – Special Honours Awards – Best Publishing House – Daily Maverick and iMaverick[65]
  • 2012 SAB Sports Media Awards – New Media – Social Media Correspondent of the Year – Styli Charalambous – Daily Maverick[66]
  • 2012 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism – Runner-up – Greg Marinovich – Daily Maverick[67]
  • 2013 Vodacom National Journalist of the Year Online winner – Greg Marinovich – Daily Maverick[68]
  • 2013 Bookmarks – Craft Awards – Editorial (Media – News, Magazines, Radio and TV Stations/Networks) – Silver – Daily Maverick[69]
  • 2013 Bookmarks – Individual and Team Awards – Best Digital Editorial Individual – Rebecca Davis – Daily Maverick[69]
  • 2016 CNN Multichoice African Business Journalism Award – Economics & Business Award – Diana Neille, Richard Poplak, Shaun Swingler & Sumeya Gasa, Daily Maverick, South Africa ‘Casualties of Cola: Outsourcing, Exploitation & the New Realities of Work’[70]
  • 2016 Vodacom Journalism Award – Online Winner – Diana Neille, Sumeya Gasa, Shaun Swingler, Richard Poplak. Daily Maverick, Casualties of Cola[71]
  • 2016 Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism Awards – First Runner-up[72]
  • 2016 SAB Sports Media Awards – Digital Media – Converged Media – Antoinette Muller[73]
  • 2016 SAB Sports Media Awards – Digital Media – Written Media – Antoinette Muller[73]
  • 2016 SAB Sports Media Awards – Digital Media – Online Video – Leila Dougan[73]
  • 2017 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism – #GuptaLeaks – 19 journalists from AmaBhungane, the Daily Maverick and News24[74]
  • 2018 Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity – South African National Editors’ Forum – Branko Brkic[75]
  • 2018 – Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award – #GuptaLeaks – Scorpio, amaBhungane and News24[76]
  • 2019 – SAFTA – Golden Horn award for Best Documentary Short – Nanlaban: The Philippines War on Drugs – Chronicle[77]
  • 2019 – Vodacom Journalist of the Year – Multi-platform – Sune Payne and Leila Dougan – Daily Maverick[78]
  • 2019 – Vodacom Journalist of the Year – Financial/Economics – Marianne Merten[78]
  • 2019 – Global Shining Light Award – #GuptaLeaks – Daily Maverick[79]
  • 2020 – Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award – Investigative Journalism: Journalist of the Year – Pauli van Wyk – Daily Maverick[80]
  • 2020 – Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award – Investigative Journalism: Columns and Editorial – Richard Poplak – Daily Maverick[80]
  • 2021 – Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity – Styli Charalambous[81]
  • 2021 – Thomas Pringle Award – Best Portfolio – Tevya Shapiro – Daily Maverick[82]
  • 2021 – International Sports Press Association (AIPS) – Certificate of Achievement Award – Craig Ray – Daily Maverick[83]
  • 2021 – Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) Awards – Digital Vibes – Pieter Louis-Myburgh – Daily Maverick[84]
  • 2021 – Taco Kuiper Award – Digital Vibes – Pieter Louis-Myburgh – Daily Maverick[85]
  • 2021 – SA Book of the Year Awards – Best Non-fiction – Six Years With Al Qaeda – Stephen McGown – Daily Maverick[86]
  • 2021 – Digital Media Africa Awards – Best Paid Content Strategy – Maverick Insider – Daily Maverick[87]

See also

References
  1. "Reuters' "Rebooting audience engagement when journalism is under fire"". What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  2. Schiffrin, Dr Anya. "South Africa's Daily Maverick exemplifies the travails facing Global Muckrakers". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. Moerdyk, Chris (3 September 2020). "Maverick by name, maverick by nature: A case study of modern journalism - The Media Online". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. "The site your mom warned you about". The Mail & Guardian. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. tpampalone (10 April 2019). "How Perugia (Almost) Broke My Heart". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. "Uncaptured: How it all began". The Mail & Guardian. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. "#GuptaLeaks released to journalists worldwide". The Mail & Guardian. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  8. tpampalone (24 September 2018). "Were the Gupta Leaks South Africa's Watergate?". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  9. "Gupta Leaks – A collaborative investigation into state capture". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. "GuptaLeaks". www.occrp.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  11. Staff Reporter (1 June 2022). "#GuptaLeaks, five years later: Ten revelations from the #GuptaLeaks that changed the course of SA". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  12. "Gupta leaks Archives". CNBC Africa. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  13. gfaure (28 September 2019). "Investigations From Peru, Philippines, South Africa Win Global Shining Light Award". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  14. "Branko Brkic". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  15. "Nat Nakasa Awards » SANEF | Protecting Media Freedom". SANEF | Protecting Media Freedom. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  16. "GuptaLeaks: "We have a game changer"". AIJC. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  17. "Styli Charalambous". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  18. "Styli Charalambous". Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  19. "Innovator Q&A with Daily Maverick's Styli Charalambous | Jamlab". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  20. "Daily Maverick's iMaverick unveiled". The Mail & Guardian. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  21. "Death of a true maverick empire". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  22. Rose, Rob. "No room for complacency in the media". Business Day.
  23. "South Africa online news publisher avoids gimmicks, bets on analysis". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  24. "Maverick's inspiring success - and on to the next level [entrepreneurial journalists] | Grubstreet". 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  25. Nevill, Glenda (28 June 2012). "iMaverick goes weekly - The Media Online". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  26. Nevill, Glenda (8 June 2011). "Maverick DNA spawns iMaverick, Africa's first iPad daily newspaper - The Media Online". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  27. "BusinessLIVE". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  28. "DM168". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  29. Nevill, Glenda (7 August 2020). "Daily Maverick 168 and Pick n Pay: A 'real win-win-win' - The Media Online". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  30. SAMIP. "DM168: how a membership model helped a digital news org go analog | SAMIP". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  31. ""At 7,000 members our lives are already changed for the better": How the Daily Maverick developed its membership program". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  32. "Styli Charalambous, CEO of The Daily Maverick, on pay-what-you-can membership models". www.journalism.co.uk. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  33. Zirulnick, Ariel (6 September 2020). "How Daily Maverick tested its membership assumptions pre-launch". The Membership Guide. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  34. "How to Run a Successful Membership Program". Nieman Reports. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  35. "Daily Maverick uses emotional appeal to gain reader support". International News Media Association (INMA). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  36. Bienaimé, Pierre (1 September 2020). "Daily Maverick founder Branko Brkic on the hard-hitting journalism that sells memberships in South Africa". Digiday. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  37. "Is your organization thinking about membership? Take some ideas (and maybe some money) from the Membership Puzzle Project". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  38. "Innovation in journalism: two media start-ups booming despite challenges | Media news". www.journalism.co.uk. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  39. "Daily Maverick - Google News Initiative". newsinitiative.withgoogle.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  40. "About Daily Maverick". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  41. "The Gathering 2022". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  42. Open Society Annual Report 2018
  43. "The Donald Gordon Foundation". www.donaldgordon.org. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  44. "Grant recipients - The David and Elaine Potter Foundation". potterfoundation.com. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  45. "Absa and Daily Maverick partner to tackle climate crisis". Absa Africa. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  46. "Daily Maverick | SAMIP". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  47. "GroundUp: South African news that matters". GroundUp News. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  48. "The Outlaw Ocean Project". The Outlaw Ocean Project. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  49. "Don't Shoot The Messenger on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  50. "What's Eating Us on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  51. "The Highwaymen on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  52. "Influence | SAFF". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  53. Felperin, Leslie (3 February 2020). "'Influence': Film Review | Sundance 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  54. Lodge, Guy (2 February 2020). "'Influence': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  55. "Schedule". Encounters SA International Doc Film Festival. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  56. "Encounters 2022 – The Bioscope". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  57. Dlamini, Sizwe. "Smoke and mirrors: why Daily Maverick's Branko Brkic is a liar and a thief". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  58. Broughton, Tania. "Daily Maverick wins defamation case against former columnist". News24. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  59. "Ferial Haffajee: The Gupta Fake News Factory And Me". HuffPost UK. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  60. Quintal, Angela (1 July 2019). "Discredited, threatened, attacked: challenges of covering South Africa's election in the digital age". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  61. Offiong, Adie Vanessa. "They've been beaten, trolled, threatened with sexual violence but refuse to be silenced". CNN.
  62. UNESCO: The Chilling: Global trends in online violence against women journalists
  63. "Bookmarks 2010 winners showcase growth, vibrancy of SA online media". DMMA. 19 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  64. "Bookmarks Awards 2011 Winners!". DMMA. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  65. "Digital brilliance rewarded at this year's Bookmarks Awards". DMMA. 2 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  66. "Sports Media Awards highlight professionalism in South Africa". Bizcommunity.com. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  67. Harber, Anton (6 April 2013). "The best investigative journalism of 2012 – Anton Harber". Politicsweb. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  68. "Vodacom announces National Journalist of the Year winner" (Press release). Vodacom. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  69. "The Bookmarks 2013 Winners List". DMMA. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  70. "SA journos shine at CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards 2016". Life. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  71. "Vodacom Journalism of the Year Awards". Vodacom. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  72. Kaplan, David (21 March 2016). "South Africa Awards Highlight Fraud, Waste, and Abuse". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  73. "SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTS MEDIA APPLAUDED AT 36th ANNUAL SAB SPORTS MEDIA AWARDS | SiwenguStaff". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  74. "Taco Kuiper: The best investigative journalism of 2017 - Anton Harber - DOCUMENTS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  75. "Branko Brkic wins Nat Nakasa Award – SANEF - POLITICS | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  76. "Winners of the 2018 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards announced". Media Update. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  77. Film, South African; AwardsPress, Television (23 March 2018). "All the winners from night one of the 2018 SAFTAs". Screen Africa. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  78. "News releases | Vodacom Group". www.vodacom.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  79. "Global Shining Light Award". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  80. "Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2020".
  81. "Nat Nakasa Award Winners 2021 Announced: Celebrating 23 years of courageous and brave journalism". SANEF. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  82. "Awards and Prizes | English Academy of Southern Africa". 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  83. "AIPS Media". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  84. "Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards 2021". journalist.vodacom.co.za. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  85. "Winners of the Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism 2021 | Journalism.co.za". Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  86. Anderson, Porter (23 September 2021). "South Africa: SA Book Awards Announces 2021 Shortlists". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  87. "Africa Digital Media Awards announces 2021 winners". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

Further reading
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.