FIRST CHANGE EVERYTHING

Producing video for the small screen HOW WE WANTED OUR NEWSROOMS TO WORK

VASANTHAVASANTHA ANGAMUTHU ANGAMUTHU | |INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT MEDIA MEDIA SA | INMAMAY 2019 HOW OUR NEWSROOMS WORKED

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 CONTENT

1. ABOUT US 2. FIRST CHANGE EVERYTHING a. STRATEGY b. STRUCTURE c. PERFORMANCE METRICS d. WORKFLOWS 3. OUR VIDEO PLAY: EXAMPLES 4. WHAT WE LEARNED

VASANTHAVASANTHA ANGAMUTHU ANGAMUTHU | |INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT MEDIA MEDIA SA | INMAMAY 2019 ABOUT US WHERE WE WERE …

ABOUT US Powerful heritage newspapers Loyal print readers THE OPPORTUNITY One of SA’s largest newsrooms 1. Brand independent as a digital first, print Digital audience of 4.5M best experience Daily readership of 2 million 2. Meet readers where they are Weekend readership 1.5 million 3. Build content solutions for advertisers Vernacular & community papers 4. Tell stories in any format - text, images, readership 2.8 million video and graphics 5. Free newsrooms from the tyranny of print 6. Experiment, Test, Measure, Make Changes and do it all over again

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 THE KEY CHALLENGES

1. CREAKY PRINT WORKFLOWS 2. DIGITAL GHETTO – SMALL SEPARATE DIGITAL TEAM 3. JOURNALISTS UNSURE OF DIGITAL, MOBILE AND VIDEO 4. EDITORS UNSURE OF THEIR PLACE IN A NEW WORLD SCRIPTED BY GOOGLE, FACEBOOK AND NEW MEDIA 5. REVENUE TAPS RUNNING DRY WHILE MASSIVE INVESTMENT NEEDED IN NEW TECH 6. LITTLE DATA AND SCIENCE DRIVING THE BUSINESS 7. NEW ‘ALIEN’ CONTENT FORMATS: VIDEO, AUDIO, SLIDESHOWS …

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 WHAT WE NEEDED TO FIX

THE BUSINESS THE NEWSROOM THE TOOLS

1. Designed around print: 1. Resistant to new skills 1. IT infrastructure had not skills, workflows, 2. Resistance from editors to kept pace infrastructure and new workflows/structure 2. Years of under-investment objectives/KPAs 3. No cohesion by previous owners, from 2. Head in the sand about a. Separate digital/print storage to security shifts in the industry: b. Did not work across 3. Content Management • Growth of digital and geographies System could not handle social media c. Duplication of beats new digital workflows • Flight of readers to new 4. Non existent digital skills: 4. Journalists did not have platforms a. No understanding of SEO smart phones • The changed realities b. No video skills 5. Data was too expensive of media economics including the shift of c. No content produced for advertising spend to anything but newspapers digital and mobile d. Slow

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 STRATEGY | STRUCTURE | PERFORMANCE METRICS | WORKFLOWS WHAT WE CHANGED FIRST CHANGE EVERYTHING

BAR STRATEGY Build the BRAND | Grow AUDIENCE | Grow REVENUE

NEW STRUCTURE National newsroom | Regional newsrooms | Production

FIRST PMS Editors Playbooks | New KPIs for journalists

WORKFLOWS Digital First, Print Best | Living Diaries | Live Diary | WhatsApp Groups

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Modernise Print | Grow Digital | Build Video | Fast and Slow

LEARNING MOJO | Training Tuesdays | Internships | Bootcamps | Master Classes THE BAR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

BRAND AUDIENCE REVENUE

Custom Content Tech-led content company Improve Reader Experience Content Services Digital First, Print Best Augment Print Digital Campaigns An African media brand Reach readers where they are Programmatic Innovative & Experimental Deliver Video Events Media for Social Good Video

All editors report against BAR Resulted in our first Performance Management System with BAR metrics Knitted a large organisation of separate business entities behind a common strategic framework AND collective goals

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 NEWSROOM STRUCTURE

1. New focus on digital 2. The creation of national Specialized Content Business Units in key content areas • Lifestyle • Politics • Business • Sport Title 3. A restructuring of teams that worked on the Live newsrooms newspaper titles - smaller, tighter teams with Newsroom x 17 a new focus on Metro journalism 4. Appointment of Live Editors (digital first editors) at the same level as Assignment National Editorial Newsrooms Editors who, together, formed the Live Production Newsroom and who co-ordinated the efforts X 4 of the newsrooms with respect to breaking news and video 5. Appointment of Content Producers 6. Journalists re-appointed as Multi Media Journalists

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

The group's first Performance Management System for Editorial including: 1. Brand Maps for each title that spoke to the Group’s strategic intent 2. Editor's Playbooks (annual plan) which set out print, digital and commercial KPAs and KPIs 3. Key Performance Indicators for all journalists that included measurable print and digital tasks Initially focused on delivery of digital first content 1. Publish to digital 2. Produce Video 3. Produce digital packages 4. Annual Skills Audit to measure success

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 PRINT REDESIGN

1. Unify 14 regional brands behind Brand Independent with common design language 2. Spend less time on newspaper production 3. Modernise for a digital first consumer 4. Align to BAR - brand, audience, revenue 5. Make it easier for content and production teams to deliver newspapers in less time but with more and better content 6. Link print to digital via tools such as Augmented Reality to trigger video content 7. Introduction of card: News You Can Use; Digital First; Lists and Guides

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 PRINT REDESIGN

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MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA Mandela Bay Federal Congress, and his a party that occupies governments that unopposed election in 2018,” Trollip serve around 15-million people, and the THE federal executive of the DA has said. way they campaigned. thrown its weight behind party leader He also said they were faced with The review was something that hap- following speculation internal challenges and significant pens from time to time, he explained. about his future after his party shed 2% changes in the political landscape, The party last held a review in 2005 CASTER Semenya’s fight against the International Association of Athletics Federations continues to gather support, with Sports Minister Tokozile of the national vote. including the rise of nationalism on while under the leadership of Tony Xasa announcing Athletics South Africa would be filing an appeal at the Swiss Federal Tribunal. | KAMRAN JEBREILI AP Photo This as the ANC, after a special meet- both the left and the right. Leon, Trollip said. ing of the national executive committee “In short, both internally and exter- While not willing to talk about their (NEC) last night, announced seven of nally there were matters we had to grap- challenges, he said they would start a NATION it’s eight premiers-elect in the eight ple with. We will be the first to state that listening campaign in provinces and provinces that they run. The North West these factors had a role to play in our regions. Speaking on the organisational -elect will be announced “in due electoral fortunes,” Trollip said. review, Fedex chairperson James Selfe course”. “As the DA we are holding the said they have a way to select candidates Semenya’s appeal gaining momentum Speaking after the DA federal execu- moderate non-racial centre ground; an and evaluate public representatives. tive meeting yesterday, the party said it important position in the rise of pop- “We want to see whether those took responsibility for the outcomes of ulism.” systems are appropriate to serve for a OCKERT DE VILLIERS According to the ministry, ASA jurisdictions to sign a petition, peti- elections whether good or bad. The party lost some votes to Good different constituency we had in 2004,” applied for two of the arbitrators to tioning the IAAF to rescind the regula- “That burden does not sit on the and as well official Selfe said. CASTER Semenya’s fight against the recuse themselves since they handled tions and to lobby against the current shoulders of an individual,” federal opposition in KwaZulu-Natal among Meanwhile, the ANC’s premiers- IAAF has gathered momentum, with the the earlier case of Indian sprinter Dutee executive of the IAAF.” The CAS ruled chairperson Athol Trollip said at a press others. Its majority was reduced in the elect in seven of its eight provinces are government set to approach the UN and Chand. in favour of the IAAF in Semenya’s conference. Western Cape, down to 55.45%. in KwaZulu-Natal, David Athletics SA (ASA) to appeal the Court ASA will argue the scientific, medical challenge to the regulations that would Trollip said Maimane remained their “Where the losses occurred, we will Makhura in , of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruling on and legal case they presented before the require athletes with differences of sex our leader until a federal congress sched- work on regaining the trust of the peo- in the , in the controversial female eligibility rules. CAS did not match the outcome. development to lower their testosterone. uled for 2021 decided otherwise. ple as we head into the 2021 Local , in Free Sports Minister Tokozile Xasa added “The pertinent legal questions that Semenya has meanwhile made it “Any talk of a change of a leadership Government Elections. This starts with State, Stan Mathabatha in and her weight to the fightback yesterday, the court should have addressed were clear she would not be complying with change before a federal congress must be two by-elections taking place in Nelson Refilwe Mtsweni in Mpumalanga. announcing ASA would be filing an not addressed,” the sports ministry the regulations that went into effect dispelled,” he said. Mandela Bay as early as Wednesday; “The province gives us three names appeal at the Swiss Federal Tribunal. said. “The Government will also have last week. — “As the leadership of the party, at this will be the start of winning back as per resolution of conference and we Xasa said the department would to mobilise and educate society on the The IAAF said because it was a private TUESDAY, MAY 14 2019 both a national and provincial level, the Bay.” decide on one,” ANC secretary general “intensify the international lobby and key arguments and tenets of the case. body it was not “subject to human rights [ WWW.IOL.CO.ZA ] we are unambiguous in our support He also announced that there would said. ‘‘In circumstances to approach the UN General Assembly “The minister was also pleased instruments, such as the Universal Dec- for Mr Maimane who has led the DA be a review of the organisational struc- there are issues and challenges, we are to sanction the IAAF for violating Inter- with the commitment by ASA to— FOUNDED lobby 1852, DURBAN,laration SOUTH of AFRICA Human Rights or the Euro- with exemption since the 2015 Nelson ture and how they can best operate as still the relevant body to decide.” national Human Rights Instruments”. national athletics associations in other pean Convention on Human Rights”. [ METRO Dream it. SPORT 24 METRO 12 Overseas exodus EDITORIAL STARTING POINT (WITH NO SKYBOX AD) RACISM STOPS WITH ME Pirates of the to hurt Sharks UCT distances itself from study on slavery, intelligence We’ll take P13 Indian Ocean SLAIN themercury.co.za you there.Vodacom stock rises 3.28% in welcome trend P15 LISA ISAACS AND NICOLA DANIELS see and confront slave traders. odology make the flawed assumption HIGH FIVE! EDITORIAL STARTING POINT (WITH SKYBOX AD) They found in part that “the reason- that one can make general claims about Netcare to raise capex to R1.6bn for 2019 UCT has distanced itself from a study ing-orientation and problem solving IQ, cognitive ability or intelligence METRO – 3 involving an adjunct-professor at its inclination underlying the IQ can be in this case, about entire countries. ItKidnappers of restaurant Graduate School of Business that exam- leveraged to avoid capture during slave produces the effect of victim blamingowner posed as [ Hawks ines the relationship between slave trade” and “it is conceivable that African and pathologises Africans, instead of exports and intelligence. cognitive ability led to slave exports”. interrogating the actual causes of racial- LEGISLATION The study, featured in the March This study comes hot on the heels of ised exploitation during the Atlantic Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, a controversial Stellenbosch University slave trade.” is titled “Intelligence and Slave Exports article about “coloured women” which Haupt said the title alone dehu- Martin Nkosenhle Sithole from Africa” and investigates the link received criticism and was called out manised people by labelling enslaved between cognitive ability in terms of for being racist after it tried to explore a humans as “slavery exports”. Durban father intelligence and slave export intensity. link between cognitive ability and race. “The research project points to the ANC activist The authors wanted to test the Black Academic Caucus member Pro- need for humanities scholarship’s crit- gunned down hypothesis that countries which were fessor Adam Haupt said: “This article is ical interrogation of scientific racism, MID-YEAR REGISTRATION NOW OPEN endowed with higher levels of cognitive much like the Stellenbosch University PROFESSOR ADAM HAUPT research ethics and methodologies in DEGREE PROGRAMMES in yet another ability were more likely to experience article about ‘coloured women’. The academic projects across disciplines. Spe- challenges law • Bachelor of Business Administration lower levels of slave exports from Africa, key premise relies on the flawed belief politically constructed that serves very cifically, it points to the value of sound political killing • Bachelor of Public Administration probably due to comparatively better that race is a stable, natural scientific narrow economic and ideological ends. and SE-ANNE RALL capacities to organise, co-operate, over- category and that it is not socially and “The hypothesis and research meth- To Page 2 BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN: SIHLE MAVUSO THE ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has been • Entrepreneurship • Marketing Management rocked by another political assassination on school assets after an activist was gunned down in METRO • Financial Management • Retail Management Newcastle at the weekend. Martin Nkosenhle Sithole from • Human Resource Management • Supply Chain Management 4 in Newcastle, and his friend, Concourt to hear case which could have Ward - • International Business against the high court judgment, argue Buthanani Golden Shange, were shot in their papers before the court that the dead at about 6pm on Sunday. cost orders should have been settled It is alleged that Sithole was a wit far-reaching• Information and Technologyimplications Management for future lawsuits - - by the provincial MEC and national ness in one of the high-profile political Education minister, and that there was KAILENE PILLAY - killings in the region. and “ no need to declare Section 58(4) consti - National police spokesperson Briga Mom vows never again afer Somerset Hospital birth KAMINIHIGHER PADAYACHEE CERTIFICATE IN: tutionally invalid. dier Vishnu Naidoo said Sithole and a that prohibits the attach The assets of a public In arguments on behalf of the pro - friend were standing outside Shange’s LEGISLATION• Accounting • Project Management school may not be vincial Education Department, MEC and Ikasi Lounge in Madadeni when they ment of the property of public schools • Business Management- • Public Managementnational Education minister, it is argued- were shot. YOLISA TSWANYA “The only time I got a bed was when birthed on and we went to the feeding not satisfied with the service or have will come under scrutiny in the Consti attached as a result of that Section 58(4) is “reasonable and “Both Shange and Sithole were killed •tutional Human Court today. Resource Managementlegal action • Public Sectorjustifiable Procurement in an open and democratic - I was going to push and after the baby room. If my mother was not there, I a concern to raise it immediately with In a case that could have far-reach - while three bystanders were wounded. [email protected] society based on human dignity, equal Two counts of murder and three counts ing implications for litigation involving • Information Technology SA S CHOOLS A•CT Supply Chainity and Managementfreedom”. of attempted murder are being investi came the nurse handed him to me and have no idea what I would have done. the hospital chief executive or quality schools, Durban father Deverajh Mood It was also stated on behalf of the • Marketing • Tax Administration gated,” he said. A YOUNG Milnerton mother has vowed told me to clean him up and that they “I was in pain. Based on the experi- assurance manager to investigate.” ley has brought an application to have government entities that the school Naidoo said while the motive of the a section of the South African Schools and its governing body had been aware attack was not conclusive at this stage, • ActSocial declared Media unconstitutional Communication because • Events Management never to have children again after her needed the bed. I was sent to the feeding ence I don’t want any more children,” After multiple attempts for answers, why it was not liable. that they exposed themselves to risk in it had been decided that the task team it bars the attachment of public school This left Moodley with a legitimate • Local Government and Development Management- litigating, and could not expect the state investigating political killings take over first childbirth experience at Somerset room and waited on a chair and kept she said. Van der Heever eventually said there was property. claim, but no way to pursue it. to pay the bill, especially after being - The matter is to be argued before the- the investigation. In a high court judgment granted cautioned against their actions by the The ANC said it was worried that Hospital left her traumatised and with being told that a bed is coming.” A few days later her stitches started no shortage of maternity beds. Concourt today. last year, the court declared that Sec State and the Supreme Court of (friend Appeal. of political killings in the politically vol ADVANCEDMoodley had been involved DIPLOMA in liti IN: The Centre of Child Law, which was loose stitches. She said she was discharged at coming apart and she opted to go to The hospital has eight beds in its tion 58(4) was inconsistent with the - amicus curiae atile region of eMalahleni in northern gation against the Kenmont School on • Business Management Constitution. accepted as an KwaZulu-Natal were coming back after The 29-year-old mother, who asked around lunchtime the same day without her local clinic to have them looked at labour ward and eight chairs for over- the Bluff dating back to 2009. The judgment also granted Moodley the court) in the matter, said that the - The litigation related to an attempt a period of peace and stability. leave to have the constitutional invalid provision in Section 58A(4) sought to As a result of the killings in recent not to be named for fear of victimisa- ever getting a bed. as she was scared to return to Somerset. flow after delivery. There are 23 beds in by the school to exclude his son, who ity confirmed by the Concourt. achieve a legitimate purpose. years, the special task team investigat ADVANCEDis now an adult. CERTIFICATEIn heads of IN: argument filed on behalf “It is meant to protect the scarce tion, said she gave birth at the facility “I basically spent my labour by Health Department spokesperson the antenatal ward for patients not fully Moodley won his cases against the - ing political killings recently arrested • Financial Planning of Moodley before • Concourt, Management it is argued (andStudies invaluable) resources available to the mayor of Newcastle, Dr Ntuthuko school, which resulted in cost orders last month and treatment by staff was myself with my husband. Then they Mark van der Heever said the hospital in labour yet and 35 postnatal beds for that Section 58A(4) of the Act is neither public schools to ensure that pupils are Mahlaba, who is also the chairperson being granted against it. reasonable nor justifiable. provided with an education of a progres However, when Moodley sought of the region. appalling. came and just told me you need to push had not been made aware of the inci- patients after delivery. BY SUPPORTED DISTANCE LEARNING“A public school has no right to use sively higher quality. The attachment He is accused of killing ANC Youth payment of the costs and attached the state resources to litigate as if it has an (and alienation) of assets threatens this League leader in eMalahleni, Wandile She arrived at the hospital at 8pm when the baby was coming. They did dent. If patients have already left a health school’s assets to satisfy the cost orders, indemnity. This would lead to untenable and is therefore absolutely prohibited,” Ngobeni, three years ago and is out on he came up against opposition. consequences and uncontrollable costs reads the centre’s heads of argument. 000 bail. - after her labour began at home and after not give me any assistance in terms of “These allegations are seen in a seri- facility and are not satisfied with the ser- CAPEThe school, TOWN its governing body, the R20 at the expense of the public purse.” The centre also said that courts, ANC spokesperson Nomagugu KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC and It is also suggested in the argument delivering her baby at around 1.30am feeding and changing the baby, how to ous light and as such we ask the patient vices, they can call the contact centre on when dealing with matters involving Simelane-Zulu said the party was con TNSthe nationalHouse, Minister 6 Thicket of Education Street all attached to harnesses clean windows on the outside of the Hilton Hotel in for Moodley that an appropriate remedy schools, needed to be mindful of the WORKERS cerned about the resurgence of political she was told to sit in the feeding room care for the umbilical cord. to contact the hospital so the alleged 086 014 2142, send an email to service@ claimed that they were not liable for Newlands, Cape Town to the legislation would be to insert impact that adverse court orders may Durban at the weekend. Window-cleaning on high-rise buildings requires experienced killings, and they had even approached the costs. “without 30 days’ notice being provided have on the rights of the pupils in that workers who have to be mindful of the height and shape of the building, as well as to wait for about 10 hours for a bed that “My baby was just handed to me. incident can be reviewed. westerncape.gov.za or send a “please call The school and its governing body - - African News Agency (ANA) President to establish to the school and the state” after the school. environmental factors, such as wind, when carrying out their work. the task team, which is now handling all +27argued 21 that 671 in terms 6576 of Section 58A(4) of The centre suggested that in this never came. They gave him to me on the cloth I “It’s imperative for clients who are me” to 079 769 1207. word “school”. | BONGANI MBATHA political killings in the province. the SA Schools Act, the assets of public This would allow for fair and ade matter there was no argument that Ken “Since the team was put in place we schools cannot be attached. quate notice to the school and the state mont did not have the funds to pay the [email protected] section says: “The assets of a have witnessed a decline in the killings, that if the cost order was not satisfied costs, and the court could order that it but when they start again, it resuscitates public school may not be attached as a then the assets of the school could be make payment within a specific period. that worry that we have,” she said. result of any legal action taken against attached to satisfy such cost orders. 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R11.00 challenges that the education system JHB 11/22º KZN 17/27º CROSSWORDS | P10 Sithole was a witness in one of the - Durban accountant realises Oxfordfaces in South Africa.dream I’d like to contrib cases,” she said. Beyond being an ANC activist, LEADERS ute to the delivery of learning content, - through technology, to students affected Sithole was also a prominent business - - KAILENE PILLAY by challenges like a shortage of skilled man, owning water tankers that were [email protected] teachers, the high costs of school infra frequently hired by the Newcastle local ANC NEC announces its premiers dream of studying at a structure, etc,” he said. municipality to supply the local com there shall be at least 50/50 representa A LIFE-LONG Murugasen, who completed his - munity with water. tion in the provincial executive. prestigious international university was Bachelor of Business Science in finance An insider said Sithole was also a “Speakers, in all provinces, will be - realised when a Durban-born chartered and postgraduate diploma in accounting prominent participant in one of the two MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA women – irrespective of whether the accountant completed his Masters in at the University of Cape Town, com warring factions of the ANC that were [email protected] premier is male or female. Youth rep Business Administration (MBA), at the pleted his MBA through the University jostling for the control of the Newcastle resentation must be integrated,” the University of Oxford, in the UK. - Pravarshan Murugasen of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. municipality. THE National Executive Committee statement read. Pravarshan Murugasen’s mother, He said he chose the Saïd Business Violence monitor Mary de Haas said (NEC) of the ANC last night announced Earlier, Magashule said the special Judge Mohini Moodley, said she had School because it was “socially con if Sithole was indeed a witness in a case its list of premiers in provinces it runs. meeting would not look into how the instilled in him an appreciation of the - The new premiers are Sihle Zikalala - - scious” and supported his commitment of political killing, he should have been - governing party performed at the polls. value of education, which motivated to acceptance. My biggest motivation to benefiting society. placed under the witness protection in KwaZulu-Natal, in He also said they had not received him to further his studies. was my mother’s belief in the value of On his experience at Oxford, Muru programme. Gauteng, Oscar Mabuyane in the East the report of the Integrity Commit Murugasen funded his own way to education,” he said. gasen said it was a dream come true. He ern Cape, Zamani Saul in the North tee, which was mandated to review the the University of Oxford, after several Murugasen, an equity analyst for is now supporting his wife Jacqueline ern Cape, Sisi Ntombela in the Free candidate lists, after an outcry over the attempts to study at top international Foord Asset Management in Cape Town, Naidoo, as she completes her MBA. State, Stan Mathabatha in Limpopo and inclusion of some leaders implicated in universities. After graduating this said after his MBA he was hoping to get WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF YOUR Refilwe Mtsweni in Mpumalanga. corruption. month, Murugasen said his sacrifices involved in education technology, or ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule also said the candidate - ROPE, TIE A KNOT IN IT AND HANG ON. had finally paid off. “edtech”. Magashule, in a statement last night, “It was a wonderful experience to | P8 | FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT lists were with the Electoral Commission OPINION said the premier candidate in the North of South Africa. study at Oxford, but it was a long pro | P2 & P8 West would be announced soon. However, he indicated that those LETTERS | P20 cess and required many sacrifices prior CROSSWORDS “The NEC further agreed that, in questionable candidates, appearing on BREAKING NEWS provinces where premiers are men, at the lists, might have to resign if they IOL.CO.ZA least 60% of the provincial executive were asked to do so. 16/25º must be women. DURBAN “There was consensus that, in WINDS: ENE JHB 8/25º instances where the premier is a female, R8.08 CTN 15/21º Annual Subscriber

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VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 INVEST IN THE RIGHT TOOLS

1. Migration to the cloud 2. A new home grown Content Management System, Baobab 3. Video conferencing to improve communication between regions and within business units spread throughout the country used for: 1. Weekly diary meetings 2. Daily Live Diary meeting every morning 3. Weekly Digital First training 4. Strategy sessions 4. New Bring Your Own Device mobile allowances for all multi media journalists

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 LEARNING

1. Launched Mojo 4 years ago – journalism graduates with digital and mobile skills to work with newsrooms and produce video and mobile first journalism 2. Workshopped newsrooms around the new business strategy, Digital First, Print best 3. Month-long boot camps focused on digital skills 4. Weekly Tuesday lunch time training session for all journalists on skills from writing for digital to video creation and production 5. Just launched Master Classes on Thursdays (SEO, Produce Quality Video, How to use Baobab better) 6. Annual program of internships to bring new digital journalism graduates into the newsrooms

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 WORKFLOWS

1. National Newsrooms produce centralised pages and deliver to the streams 2. Live Diary lives on WhatsApp and team PM meets daily at 8.30am to set the digital AM STREAM first agenda for the day STREAM THE STAR 3. Teams work three shifts: 6am to 2pm, 8m PRETORIA NEWS CAPE ARGUS CAPE TIMES NATIONAL to 4pm and 2pm to 10pm to drive content DAILY NEWS THE MERCURY to digital LIFESTYLE 4. Morning diaries are focused on what’s POLITICS trending, video, breaking news SPORT SATURDAY BUSINESS SUNDAY 5. Mid morning diaries are focused on print STREAM STREAM line-up SATURDAY STAR SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 6. National Newsrooms have a Living Diary SATURDAY ARGUS SUNDAY ARGUS that sits on the Google Drive which sets out INDEPENDENT ON SAT SUNDAY TRIBUNE the team’s weekly plans for text, video, packages, print best stories, solutions and enterprise packages

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 AGGREGATE | PRODUCE | SHARE OUR VIDEO PLAY WHAT WE’VE DONE

1. Experimented with our own video platform - Video360 - which now houses 3 000 videos produced by Mojo and our journalists. 2. Journalists embed video into our print storytelling on our main site IOL.CO.ZA 3. Journalists share video to social – Facebook and Twitter - and drive that audience to IOL.CO.ZA 4. We’ve produced about 100 short video stories for commercial clients 5. Videos are produced mostly on mobile 6. We use video to drive our Media for Social Good campaigns – Racism Stops With Me; Don’t Look Away 7. We run Video Story Campaigns (#Born Free/Elections 2019) 8. We trigger Augmented Reality on print stories to take readers to video on IOL.CO.ZA

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 RESULTS

Between 10 and 15 videos produced a day News and Entertainment deliver the most videos ‘Storifying’ curated user videos do well Highest performing video had 272,929 PVs 90% of videos are produced on mobiles and edited on the fly 120 000 users clicked on video in the past month Video is contributing 7.5 % of total IOL audience, up from 4.8% last year Video accounts for about 10% of total digital revenue monthly

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WARNING: NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIWERS SKILLS } MINDSET } INFRASTRUCTURE WHAT WE LEARNED WHAT WE LEARNED

1. It’s hard 2. It’s okay if the first videos are rough 3. Some journalists will thrive, most will struggle 4. User videos do best 5. We must caption for users on the go 6. Best performing videos average 20 seconds 7. Shoot for mobile - vertical not horizontal 8. Our video storytelling needs to mature 9. Editors need to champion video and audio 10. Data is expensive – readers will only watch IF it is absolutely worth it WHERE WE ARE NOW …

ABOUT US Powerful heritage newspapers Loyal print readers One of SA’s largest newsrooms Digital audience of 7.5M ACHIEVED Daily readership of 2 million 1. The Number 2 news site in SA Weekend readership 1.5 million 2. Between 15-25% users from social Vernacular & community papers 3. +10 videos produced daily readership 2.8 million 4. Cut newspaper production time by 40% 5. Over 200 training sessions 6. +100 videos for #elections2019

VASANTHA ANGAMUTHU | INDEPENDENT MEDIA SA | INMA 2019 #ELECTIONS 2019/OUR TEAM WATCH THIS SPACE ONLY IF NEEDED OPTIONAL SLIDES REDESIGN PLAN

1. PUT READERS & ADVERTISERS AT THE CENTRE OF OUR PRODUCTS – Modernised our newspapers for a digital first consumer – Built new inventory for advertisers

2. EXPRESSED OUR STRATEGY ON THE PAGES OF OUR NEWSPAPERS – Digital First, Print Best – Metro and Solutions journalism as our USPs – A new way of selling

3. MADE OUR JOURNALISTS LIVES EASIER – Free up editorial resources for digital, custom publishing AND new content revenue streams – Made it easier for teams to deliver newspapers in less time but with more and better content REDESIGN OBJECTIVES

1. Align all products behind Brand Independent 2. Make newspapers consistent and navigable 3. Make value in reader’s lives a design feature 4. Digital First, Print Best: take readers to digital 5. Integrate design into streams – AM, PM, Saturday, Sunday 6. Better workflows: create, manage, publish with ease 7. Free editorial from tyranny of print to work on revenue projects; digital and new media 9/22/1738 NATIONAL NEWSROOM STRUCTURE

Independent Independent Independent Lifestyle Business Sport

Independent Independent Independent Politics Production Live REDESIGN: NATIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

READERS: 1.6M READERS: 1.2 M WEEKEND READERS: 1.4M (EXCL SI)

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