Language Preservation Versus Mass Media Reporting
Name: Slindile Khanyile
Session Language: Zulu
Type:Individual presentation (1 hour)
Description:
The objective of this session will be to look at the challenges faced by news media organisations who try to strike a balance between language preservation and storytelling for mass media consumption. How far does one go in adopting the modern use of the language without bastardising the language?
Speaker Bio:
Slindile Khanyile is a versatile journalist and editor with more than 20 years of mainstream media experience. In September 2020 she co-founded an isiZulu online business publication, Umbele, the first of its kind in South Africa. Earlier that year she had also launched Umkhanyisi, a Zulu-medium digital education publication. Slindile is the former editor of Isolezwe, the largest Zulu newspaper in South Africa.
Time slot: February 25 at 11 AM SAST/9am GMT
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