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Background
Branko Brkic is a Serbian-born[1][2] South African editor and publisher[3][4], best known for co-founding[5][6] and editing[7][8][9] Daily Maverick[10], an independent online news daily launched in 2009[11][12][13]. Before immigrating to South Africa in 1991[14], he was a book publisher in Yugoslavia[15].
Career
Brkic co-founded[16] Daily Maverick in 2009[17] and served as its editor-in-chief[18] until October 2024[19][20][21]. Under his leadership, Daily Maverick grew significantly[22][23][24]. Prior to this, he launched several publications including Timbila, the South African National Parks magazine, Brainstorm, Maverick[25] and Empire.[26]
Brkic[27] is the founder and leader of Project Kontinuum[28], a global initiative established in 2024.[29][30][31][32]
Notable Achievements
Brkic received the Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity in 2018[33][34][35][36] for his role in the the GuptaLeaks[37] investigation, which exposed corruption involving the Gupta family and former South African President Jacob Zuma[38][39]. This investigation also won the Global Shining Light Award in 2019[40][41][42][43] alongside Rappler, a Filipino publication founded by Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa.
References
[edit]- ^ Laskaris, Reg (29 July 2023). "A True Maverick (Branko Brkic) – The Real Network". Market Share, with Reg Lascaris. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Caradoc-Davies, Tudor; Walters, Tiara (2020). "We Have a Game Changer". Daily Maverick.
- ^ Bienaimé, Pierre (September 2020). "Daily Maverick founder Branko Brkic on the hard-hitting journalism that sells memberships in South Africa". Digiday.
- ^ McLeod, Duncan (8 September 2009). "With less hubris, a maverick publisher is back for another go". Tech Central.
- ^ Crouth, Georgina (March 2024). "Daily Maverick founders call on Competition Commission to ensure fairness in skewed media sector". Daily Maverick.
- ^ Berenstein, Erica (8 March 2019). "Funding is greatest challenge for media startups in Global South, report finds". International Journalists' Network.
- ^ Grennan, Kristen; Schiffrin, Anya; Robinson, JJ (2015). "Publishing for Peanuts: Innovation and the Journalism start-up". ACADEMIA.
- ^ Ireton, Cherilyn (September 2024). "Branko Brkic Leader, Project Kontinuum, South Africa". wan-ifra.org. WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Schiffrin, Anya (January 2019). "Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South". Columbia University.
- ^ Dame Adjin-Tettey, Theodora (10 February 2022). "Survival Strategies: Global Initiatives to Safeguard Media in the Post-COVID World". Centre for International Media Assistance.
- ^ "Daily Maverick turns data into revenue, An independent voice in South African journalism". Google News Initiative.
- ^ Caradoc-Davies, Tudor; Walters, Tiara (2019). "We Have a Game Changer". We Have a Game Changer/ The birth of Daily Maverick, 2009.
- ^ Nevill, Glenda (8 June 2011). "Maverick DNA spawns iMaverick, Africa's first iPad daily newspaper". The Media Online.
- ^ "International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy". International Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy. April 2024.
- ^ Cvijic, Srdjan (31 March 2023). "Lighthouse podcast/ Podkasta Svetionik". Podkasta Svetionik.
- ^ International Journalism Festival, Staff (April 2024). "About Daily Maverick". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Daily Maverick launches new website 'for people who matter'". BizCommunity. 22 May 2012.
- ^ Bruce, Peter (16 August 2019). "Can online content and traditional media co-exist peacefully?". The Media Online.
- ^ "Daily Maverick's co-founder Branko Brkic to step down as editor-in-chief". Bizcommunity. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Daily Maverick co-founder Branko Brkic steps down as editor-in-chief". News24. 29 August 2024.
- ^ Brkic, Branko (30 October 2024). "So long, and thank you, for everything". Daily Maverick.
- ^ Dr. Schiffrin, Anya (1 May 2019). "South Africa's Daily Maverick exemplifies the travails facing Global Muckrakers". Columbia Journalism Review.
- ^ Charalambous, Styli (18 November 2020). "How South Africa's Daily Maverick Launched a Print Newspaper -- in a Pandemic. A Case Study in Product Thinking". Knight Lab.
- ^ Moerdyk, Chris (3 September 2020). "Maverick by name, maverick by nature: A case study of modern journalism".
- ^ McLeod, Duncan (8 September 2009). "With less hubris, a maverick publisher is back for another go". Tech Central.
- ^ Moerdyk, Chris (14 October 2008). "Death of a true maverick empire". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Nikačevića, Galeba (4 August 2024). "Osnivač jedne od najvećih medijskih kuća u Južnoj Africi | Daily Maverick | Branko Brkić". Agelast.
- ^ Jessani, Rahim (26 September 2024). "Branko Brkic on World News Days' origins". The GroundTruth Project. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Ireton, Cherilyn (23 September 2024). "Global News Industry Launches 'Choose Truth' Campaign Ahead of World News Day". WAN-IFRA.
- ^ Sennott, Charles, M. (2024-09-26). ""Choose Truth" to defend journalism". The GroundTruth Project. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Ressa, Maria; Brkic, Branko (2024-09-24). "#JournalismMatters: Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies' self-evident values". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Russell, Jonathan (25 September 2024). "Global media collective launches "Choose Truth" ahead of World News Day". Strategy. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Charalambous, Styli (29 June 2018). "Daily Maverick editor and investigative team honoured by SANEF". Daily Maverick.
- ^ "Branko Brkic wins Nat Nakasa Award". PoliticsWeb. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Dr. Schiffrin, Anya (1 May 2019). "South Africa's Daily Maverick exemplifies the travails facing Global Muckrakers". Columbia Journalism Review.
- ^ Cilliers, Susan (29 August 2024). "'Daily Maverick' se redakteur gee leisels oor". Netwerk24.
- ^ "Everything you ever need to know about #GuptaLeaks in one place". Daily Maverick. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit – Branko Brkic: "ANC has a corruption problem"". The Truth Teller Summit. June 2023.
- ^ Schiffrin, Dr Anya. "South Africa's Daily Maverick exemplifies the travails facing Global Muckrakers". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Global Shining Light Finalist: #GuptaLeaks (South Africa)". Global Investigative Journalism Network. 10 September 2019.
- ^ Haffajee, Ferial (29 September 2019). "#GuptaLeaks wins global award for investigative journalism". News24.
- ^ Haffajee, Ferial (2019-09-28). "#GuptaLeaks wins Global Shining Light investigative journalism award". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Gupta leaks investigation wins big at global journalism awards". The Citizen. 29 September 2019.