Daily Maverick
Representative: Ethan van Diemen
Ethan van Diemen of the Daily Maverick spoke about how the publication uses multimedia to draw attention to the foreseeable negative impact of South Africa’s transition from coal as an energy source to a low-emissions economy, especially in the Mpumalanga region – massive job losses, declining revenues for municipal governments, and secondary economic effects on local communities.
Judges’ comments
- Great potential to be used in other difficult contexts; analytical approach will help when working with local and regional governments
- Innovative in the different forms of media they are looking to employ for communicating the climate emergency and the need for a just transition
- This type of project and reporting is exactly what we need right now. Really excited to hear about this initiative of the Daily Maverick and can’t wait to be one of your many readers