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EMRE KIZILKAYA @emrekizilkaya.bsky.social Ph.D. in Media & Communication | '24-'25 Carr-Ryan Center Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School | Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow '19 | IVLP Alumnus | IBM Certified AI Developer https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-kizilkaya #Media #Humanities #AI #Data #Ethics
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Peter Cunliffe-Jones @pcunliffejones.bsky.social Information effects at Facts Matter Research | visiting researcher at Uni Westminster | founder africacheck.org | new book: “Fake news - what’s the harm?” available in print or as free e-book https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/3197xq21t?locale=en
Thandi Smith @thandis.bsky.social Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa www.mma.org.za ll @mediamattersza
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Phumzile Van Damme @phumzile.bsky.social Changemaker. Award-Winning Counter Disinformation Strategist. @Harvard Technology & Human Rights Fellow. @VitalVoices Global Leader. Ex-MP. INFJ. Virago.
Zakes Mda @zakesmda.bsky.social Writer, Artist, Academic, Professional Dabbler
Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com Novelist, scriptwriter, imaginative futurist, recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV), Zoo City and Bridge.
Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social In-depth, public interest health journalism from South Africa. Reporting and analysis on TB, HIV, NCDs, health systems, and much more. www.SpotlightNSP.co.za
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Lynne Smit @lynnesmit.bsky.social Senior editor at Nature Africa, changing the narrative around African scientific achievements, one story at a time.
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Murray Hunter @muzhunter.bsky.social Digital rights and surveillance oversight.
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South Africa.
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Graphika @graphika.com We create the world’s most detailed maps of social media landscapes and use our technology to analyze information flows online.
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Cape Town, South Africa.
Jonathan Rosenthal @journalistjon.bsky.social International Editor at The Economist
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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social
International Broadcaster. Board Chair, The Foreign Press Association, Africa.
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Tim Longman 🏳️🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social Poli Sci and IR prof at BU. Posts on Africa, human rights, US politics, LGBTQ+, religion & politics. Progressive, Christian, proud gay dad.
2 books on Rwanda. Currently writing book on church and state across Africa and another on LGBTQ backlash in Africa
@codeforafrica.bsky.social @codeforafrica.bsky.social Africa's largest network of #CivicTech and #OpenData labs.
PAFF.Africa @paff.africa Plateforme Africaine des Factcheckers Francophones.
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