Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick screenshot on 29 March 2013
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatOnline and print
PublisherDaily Maverick
Editor-in-chiefBranko Brkic[1]
Associate editorFerial Haffajee[2]
Managing editorJillian Green[3]
Founded2009 September 1; 15 years ago (1-09-2009)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersCape Town, Western Cape
CountrySouth Africa
Websitewww.dailymaverick.co.za

Daily Maverick is an independent, South African, English language, online news publication and weekly print newspaper, with offices in the country's two largest cities by population; Cape Town (the site of its headquarters), and Johannesburg.[4][5][6]

It was co-founded in 2009 by Branislav 'Branko' Brkic, who was also the publication's editor-in-chief, and Styli Charalambous, its Chief Executive Officer.[1]

Daily Maverick's motto is Defend Truth, and it is funded by a combination of reader donations, grants, events, and advertising.[1]

The publication states that journalism, in its opinion, needs to do two things. Firstly; it needs to help protect democracy, which it says it does by means of a large investment in accountability. And, secondly; it needs to help people navigate life, make better decisions, have better conversations, and ultimately aid people in the pursuit of a better life, which the publication says it achieves by explaining the impact of major events, providing perspective from an experienced newsroom, and publishing a variety of opinions, sourced from a network of contributors (in other words, avoiding bias and remaining objective and balanced with what they publish).[1]

In terms of readership, the publication stated in 2024 that it had approximately 14.5 million unique website visits per month.[7]

Daily Maverick has received many media-related awards, and is known for, among other things, its investigation of the Gupta Leaks,[8][9][10] which won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award.[11]

The aforementioned investigation was credited with exposing the Indian-born Gupta family, and former President Jacob Zuma, for their role in the multi-year-long, systemic political corruption and state capture that occurred in South Africa, during Zuma's time in office. In 2018, Brkic received the Nat Nakasa Award for his role in the investigation.[12][13] In 2021, Daily Maverick CEO Styli Charalambous also received the award.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d "About Daily Maverick". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ "22 Questions with Ferial Haffajee". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ "20 Questions with Jillian Green". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Reuters' "Rebooting audience engagement when journalism is under fire"". What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ^ Schiffrin, Dr Anya. "South Africa's Daily Maverick exemplifies the travails facing Global Muckrakers". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. ^ Moerdyk, Chris (3 September 2020). "Maverick by name, maverick by nature: A case study of modern journalism - The Media Online". Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. ^ Maverick, Daily (29 August 2024). "Branko Brkic to step down as Daily Maverick editor-in-chief". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. ^ tpampalone (10 April 2019). "How Perugia (Almost) Broke My Heart". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Uncaptured: How it all began". The Mail & Guardian. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. ^ "#GuptaLeaks released to journalists worldwide". The Mail & Guardian. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  11. ^ gfaure (28 September 2019). "Investigations From Peru, Philippines, South Africa Win Global Shining Light Award". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Nat Nakasa Awards » SANEF | Protecting Media Freedom". SANEF | Protecting Media Freedom. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  13. ^ "GuptaLeaks: "We have a game changer"". AIJC. Retrieved 14 February 2023.