MeD8 Media and nine other South African community publications will be taking part in the 21-day US study trip as part of an exciting new partnership project to build the sustainability of print and online community media.
According to the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP), an organisation that advances the interests of the local independent publishers, the state of South African media needs to comprehend with the advancement of the 4th industrial revolution.
The AIP has delegated ten (10) community media houses in the country, including publications such as the Informer newspaper based in Matatiele outside Eastern Cape to participate in a study tour in the USA.
This forms part of enhancing and securing the future of journalism in South Africa which is grasping at straws. Chris Mcinga, the managing member of Med8 Media and publisher of a number of independent community newspapers in South Africa, spoke to Ubuntu Radio‘s Thelma Ngobeni about their participation on this initiative.
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