Thought Leader is a collaborative news and opinion platform owned by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian. It was named a Webby Award Honoree in 2008, won 2008 SA Blog of the Year, and has scored a few firsts, including sending the first South African blogger, Ndumiso Ngcobo, to cover a major political event – the 2007 ANC national conference in Polokwane.[1]

Thought Leader
Type of site
Portal
OwnerMail & Guardian
Created byMail & Guardian
URLwww.thoughtleader.co.za
CommercialNo
Registration2007
Current statusActive

In 2010 it was named as the forum where "most analytic discussion of sexual violence" was taking place by the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, which conducted a study on the reporting of sexual violence in South Africa.[2]

Notable contributors

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References

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  1. ^ "Thoughts about the leaders: The columnists 2.0 model". Matthew Buckland. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Gender coverage: Thought Leader leads the pack".
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