Thought Leader

South African news and opinion platform

Thought Leader
Type of site
Portal
OwnerMail & Guardian
Created byMail & Guardian
URLwww.thoughtleader.co.za
CommercialNo
Registration2007
Current statusActive

Thought Leader is a collaborative news and opinion platform owned by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian. It was named a Webby Award Honoree in 2008, won 2008 SA Blog of the Year, and has scored a few firsts, including sending the first South African blogger, Ndumiso Ngcobo, to cover a major political event – the 2007 ANC national conference in Polokwane.[1]

In 2010 it was named as the forum where "most analytic discussion of sexual violence" was taking place by the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, which conducted a study on the reporting of sexual violence in South Africa.[2]

Notable contributors

  • Richard Calland
  • Andrea Mitchell
  • Anton Harber
  • Brendan O'Neill
  • Bruce Cohen
  • Erik Hersman
  • Jonathan Berger
  • Khadija Sharife
  • Marius Redelinghuys
  • Matthew Buckland
  • Na'eem Jeenah
  • Patricia de Lille
  • Pierre de Vos
  • Sarah Britten
  • Sheila Camerer
  • Steven Friedman
  • Trevor Ncube

References

  1. ^ "Thoughts about the leaders: The columnists 2.0 model". Matthew Buckland. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Gender coverage: Thought Leader leads the pack".

External links

  • Thought Leader wins blog of the year Kyoko Hasegawa, Daniel Rook 2008
  • More honours for Thought Leader Kyoko Hasegawa, Daniel Rook 2008
  • The best of Thought Leader Aliki Karasaridis 2009
  • Debating race isn't backward Aliki Karasaridis 2009
  • Gender coverage: Thought Leader leads the pack Lisa van Wyk 2010
  • The new Thought Leader Aliki Karasaridis 2011