Branko Brkic

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Branko Brkic (born 28 April 1962) is a Serbian-born [1] South African editor and publisher. He is currently the founder and leader of Project Kontinuum, [2] a global initiative established in 2024. [3] [4] [5]

Brkic co-founded Daily Maverick in 2009, [6] a South African online news daily and weekly newspaper, DM168. [7] He served as its editor-in-chief [8] until October 2024. [9] [10] Under his leadership, Daily Maverick grew significantly. [11] Prior to this, he launched several publications including Timbila in 1998, the South African National Parks magazine and Brainstorm in 2001. He was the founder, publisher and editor of Maverick magazine from 2005 to 2008 [12] and Empire magazine from 2007 to 2008. [13] Before immigrating to South Africa in 1991, he was a book publisher in Yugoslavia. [14]

British magazine New African named Brkic as one of the Most Influential Africans in Media in 2014 [15] and again in 2023. [16] He received the Nat Nakasa Award for Media Integrity in 2018 [17] for his role in the GuptaLeaks [18] investigation, which exposed corruption involving the Gupta family and former South African President Jacob Zuma. [19] This investigation also won the Global Shining Light Award in 2019 [20] alongside Rappler, a Filipino publication founded by Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa.

References

  1. ↑ Laskaris, Reg (29 July 2023). "A True Maverick (Branko Brkic) – The Real Network". Market Share, with Reg Lascaris. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  2. ↑ Jessani, Rahim (26 September 2024). "Branko Brkic on World News Days' origins". The GroundTruth Project. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  3. ↑ Sennott, Charles, M. (2024-09-26). ""Choose Truth" to defend journalism". The GroundTruth Project. Retrieved 2025-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Ressa, Maria; Brkic, Branko (2024-09-24). "#JournalismMatters: Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies' self-evident values". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  5. ↑ Russell, Jonathan (25 September 2024). "Global media collective launches "Choose Truth" ahead of World News Day". Strategy. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  6. ↑ "Daily Maverick launches new website 'for people who matter'". BizCommunity. 22 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "DM168: how a membership model helped a digital news org go analog". MDIF South Africa Media Innovation Programme. 17 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Barber, Lionel; Alan, Rusbridger (September 2024). "Phone hacking: What did Murdoch know?". Prospect Magazine, Media Confidential.
  9. ↑ "Daily Maverick co-founder Branko Brkic steps down as editor-in-chief". News24. 29 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Brkic, Branko (30 October 2024). "So long, and thank you, for everything". Daily Maverick.
  11. ↑ Moerdyk, Chris (3 September 2020). "Maverick by name, maverick by nature: A case study of modern journalism".
  12. ↑ McLeod, Duncan (8 September 2009). "With less hubris, a maverick publisher is back for another go". Tech Central.
  13. ↑ Moerdyk, Chris (14 October 2008). "Death of a true maverick empire". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  14. ↑ Cvijic, Srdjan (31 March 2023). "Lighthouse podcast/ Podkasta Svetionik". Podkasta Svetionik.
  15. ↑ "2014 Most Influential Africans – Media". New African. 22 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "New African Magazine reveals the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2023". African Business. 8 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Branko Brkic wins Nat Nakasa Award". PoliticsWeb. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  18. ↑ "Everything you ever need to know about #GuptaLeaks in one place". Daily Maverick. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  19. ↑ Schiffrin, Dr Anya. "South Africa's Daily Maverick exemplifies the travails facing Global Muckrakers". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  20. ↑ "Global Shining Light Finalist: #GuptaLeaks (South Africa)". Global Investigative Journalism Network. 10 September 2019.


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