LONG FORM JOURNALISM ARTICLES:
The life, times & morality of Henry A. Kissinger
Time has not been kind to Henry Kissinger. As he approaches his tenth decade, he appears healthy, is no doubt wealthy and retains his fierce intelligence. And yet, this high flying Nixon-era strategist today is a sombre character, alarmed about what people think of him after they’ve Googled his name and is concerned about his unravelling reputation. By MANDY DE WAAL. Read more on Daily Maverick >>>
Newspapers: The bad, the good, and the future of journalism, part one
As the Los Angeles Times battens down the hatches by erecting paywalls, the Guardian throws journalism wide open. But this is more than story about a schism in business models; it is the tale of what happens when journalism works for the public good and what becomes of the press when it merely serves shareholder returns. In the first of a three-part series, MANDY DE WAAL looks at what happens when newspapers are taken over by money-men who know nothing about journalism. Read more on Daily Maverick >>>
Curse of the TV tapes: Pirates of Somalia
The year is 2009 and Mohamed Ashareh is a lanky 22-year-old Canadian using his college funds to finance his bold ambition.Unlike other college dropouts who head East, Ashareh's off to the Horn of Africa. He dreams of secretly filming seafaring gangsters, exposing their inner workings and forging his own success with a definitive exposé. By MANDY DE WAAL. Read more on Mail & Guardian >>>
The lives less lived: Sons & daughters of perdition
For people who have been indoctrinated into fundamentalist faiths from an early age, losing their religion can feel a lot like losing their minds. The experience brings grief, anger, depression, social rupture, alienation and a loss of meaning for many. Despite this, society for the most part refuses to acknowledge that religions can be harmful, and the medical fraternity is unlikely to recognise Religious Trauma Syndrome as a legitimate diagnosis. By MANDY DE WAAL. Read more on Daily Maverick >>>
Going to the blogs
Out of the kitchen came a feast fit for a gourmand: a slow-baked, port-soaked lamb shank with potato purée, warm miso-cured salmon and an amusing deconstructed peppermint-crisp dessert -- a mint fondant with tempered chocolate. When Reuben Riffel launched the winter menu at his eponymous restaurant, old and new media rubbed shoulders at the imposing One&Only in Cape Town to dig into some of the best South Africa has to offer. The food media -- House & Leisure's Naomi Larkin, Marie Claire's Aspasia Karras and Food & Home Entertaining's Rosanne Buchanan, along with food writers Kim Maxwell and Vicky Sleet -- shared plates with more than a handful of local bloggers.But, despite the civil conversations over Riffel's innovations, it was an uneasy pairing.By MANDY DE WAAL. Read more on Mail & Guardian >>>
COLUMNS:
On World Aids Day, a requiem for the dead on Daily Maverick
The ad dysfunction on Daily Maverick
Fear and loathing at Beeld on Daily Maverick
The bitter seeds of corruption on Daily Maverick
Power - the most potent addiction of all on Daily Maverick
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