Archive for 'What were we thinking?' Category
Issues of race
28 February 2008 by JuanitaIt’s been a rough week. Well, more than a week if you start with the k-word spoken by Irvin Khoza, the Forum for Black Journalists’ decision and end with the much-discussedUniversity of Free State video.
Rough because of the spotlight it’s shone of the state of race relations in South Africa, and the fact that we’ve [...]
Moderation: between a rock and a hard place
21 September 2007 by Renee MoodieAn IOL poll user has taken the trouble to write us a long and thoughtful email about our moderation policy - it’s below, followed by our response. Please let us know what you think - we’d really appreciate any constructive suggestions on how to address these issues!
Hangwani Musehana Wrote:
I have been the IOL poll fan [...]
Poll comments - more questions about editing
16 May 2007 by JuanitaBianca has some concerns about our Poll moderation.
Hi IOL
I am pretty dissapointed in the way you edit the Poll comments. This is not the first poll in which you have edited my comment to the point when the whole meaning has been lost in translation. This has started to make me question how biased your [...]
Comments: Where should we draw the line?
6 November 2006 by JuanitaThe response to Renee’s post about PW Botha’s death was surprising, to say the least.
We had no idea the comments would flood in as they did - and no idea that people who commented would express themselves so freely. We had discussed moderation before launching Inside IOL and had decided to check each comment before [...]
Heads up!
12 October 2006 by JuanitaI promised we would post some mistakes we make in the What Were We Thinking section but you have to understand how hard it is to take a screenshot and reproduce it once it’s been rectified.
So, just to prove that we’re not hiding our errors, here’s an example of one of mine when I was [...]
When it’s breaking news…
22 August 2006 by JuanitaSometimes we don’t get it right the first time around when it’s a story we want to go live five minutes ago. We can’t thank the techies enough for the live edit feature on our CMS.
Read the rest of this entry »Concourt ruling ties us in knots
17 August 2006 by JuanitaThe Constitutional Court today declared the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act and the Traditional Health Practitioner Amendment Act invalid - but what does that mean for you?
Well, the ruling was suspended for 18 months to give parliament a chance to get public feedback on the Acts, so it does mean we’ll get [...]
Not exactly zero defect
16 August 2006 by JuanitaZero defect was an idea that our former content manager, Babs Abba Omar, jokingly introduced more than four years ago. We strive for it every single day, but we don’t always get it right. And yes, some days are better than others.
Just yesterday, Monique from UCT wrote:
Sorry to be a pedant, but there’s a glaring [...]
