My Only Story, published on News24, and a series on police brutality by journalism startup Viewfinder’s Daneel Knoetze were the two other finalists for this year’s top prize.
MY ONLY STORY | A podcast series and live investigation into a sexual predator
In his keynote address, veteran journalist and Vrye Weekblad editor Max du Preez warned that many newspapers wouldn’t survive the Covid-19 crisis and that online advertising would continue to flow to social media. It was “devastating” that journalism was suffering at a time like this, when good, truthful and probing reporting was required.
Harber: Final 2 shortlist:
1. Pauli van Wyk / @dailymaverick
2. Pieter-Louis Myburgh / Gangster State#TKAwards— Adriaan Basson (@AdriaanBasson) May 15, 2020
The winner of 2020 Taco Kuiper Award for Investigative Journalism is…. @PLMyburgh for Gangster State on Ace Magashule! Well done my colleague, excellent work.
— Adriaan Basson (@AdriaanBasson) May 15, 2020
He urged journalists to keep society “open and informed” during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Twenty-four entries were received for this year’s award. Harber noted that the entries were no longer dominated by newspapers, but by online publications from mainstream media and non-profit outfits like amaBhungane and GroundUp.
