Joburg Day goes live!

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Some new developments on the career front…

I’ve been working on digital strategy for Primedia Broadcasting over the last few months. They are the amazing media company behind brands like Radio 702, EWN, 94.7 Highveld Stereo, 567 CapeTalk, and LeadSA.

My portfolio of work spans all the brands at this stage, which has been pretty intense but it’s also been some of the most fulfilling work of my career, particularly because of the freedom I’ve been given to push boundaries!

One of my highlights has to be the live stream I produced for 94.7’s annual Joburg Day Concert.

My role was managing all the content elements which included, the website, social media and a 12 hour live stream.

Hosted on the Joburg Day site it broadcast the concert, behind the scenes live footage and prepackaged inserts to over 50 000 viewers!

The show was one of the most watched streams of the day on livestream.com globally, and the most viewed of the week on live music portal irocke.com. Joburg Day Bands Views

Being the no. 1 trending topic on twitter in Johannesburg on the day was a cherry on top!

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Obama in Africa series for Africa.com

 

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Another momentous media moment I forgot to post!

I recently oversaw africa.com’s coverage and social marketing of Barack Obama’s historic round trip of three African countries last year collated under the banner Obama in Africa. Africa.com CEO Teresa Clarke was in the press corp, a massive honor for a small online publisher!

I was so happy that even with all the crazy coordinating of writers, planning stories, working on video and liaising with the Whitehouse I was able to cover some events and do some writing. My pieces are below.

Covering Michelle Obama’s round table with youth leaders hosted by MTV Base 

Live blog of Barack Obama’s address at the University of Cape Town working with youth activist Sindi Leigh McBride.  

Obama Africa visit first on Instagram