Five questions you can ask for a five-star media interview

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Five questions you can ask for a five-star media interview

Most times, when we prep for an interview, we focus on the answers we’ll give to the questions we’re expecting to be asked. But a truly strong interview starts one step earlier, with questions you can put to your interviewer to ensure clarity on the story, the audience, and the job you’ve been invited to … Read more

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The company we keep: Zukiswa White 

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The company we keep: Zukiswa White 

Zukiswa White is a queer-feminist and pan-African activist-organiser, popular educator, and projects specialist. Her work is at the intersections of gender equity, racial justice, and sustainable development. Her specific skills lie in building systems and amplifying women’s leadership.  Rooted in the belief that culture is another terrain of struggle, she founded Umanyano Lwe Jazz, a … Read more

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Who will carry your message when you’re not in the room?

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Who will carry your message when you’re not in the room?

Welcome to 2026, where Africa is still the youngest continent on earth, and the number of Africans under 25 is now so large that it’s basically shaping the future of everything.  For QW+, we see this in the context of the new post-journalism world, where young people everywhere forgo traditional news brands in favour of … Read more

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Open letter to conversation leaders around Gendered Violence: Choose your words with care

It is currently the 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence. And as Quote This Woman+, an African feminist non-profit working for a gender-just media, we call on all thought-leaders and writers to exercise responsibility for the words, phrases, and acronyms they choose in this conversation. We refer in particular to the easy euphemisms and acronyms … Read more

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Media Release: Quote This Woman+ calls for better language around 16 Days Activism campaigns

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Media Release: Quote This Woman+ calls for better language around 16 Days Activism campaigns

26 November 2025: Quote This Woman+ (QW+), an African feminist non-profit working to build a gender-just media, has released an open letter calling on government, international NGOs, academics, media professionals and civil society to choose their words with care during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence campaign. The open letter challenges the linguistic … Read more

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Gen AI Can’t Replace your Voice as a Media Expert, but it Can Help

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Gen AI Can’t Replace your Voice as a Media Expert, but it Can Help

This article is based on a media training session that the Nigerian Newspaper Prime Progress conducted, together with QW+, for new QW+ experts from Nigeria. You can access a link to the entire training here. Anybody who uses generative AI in their daily life might feel the temptation to turn to Large Language Learning Models … Read more

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The company we keep: Tarryn Tomlinson

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The company we keep: Tarryn Tomlinson

Blurb Tarryn Tomlinson is a disability activist who has embraced the opportunities AI offers to make real changes in accessibility and understanding of disability issues. As a tech innovator, she has created the world’s first AI accessibility assistant. She is also a television presenter, media producer, and media personality. Pronouns: She/Her Born: 11 October 1998 … Read more

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Five Things No One Tells You Before a TV Interview

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Five Things No One Tells You Before a TV Interview

At QW+, we have seen how powerful it is when feminist experts take up media space. We’re always especially amped when our experts appear on TV. But we get it: being invited for a television interview, while exciting, can be absolutely nerve-wracking. It is a moment where your voice can reach out to millions. Done … Read more

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Representation Matters: Shaping Fairer Media Policies in Africa

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Representation Matters: Shaping Fairer Media Policies in Africa

When you turn on the news or scroll through a feed, whose voices do you hear? Whose expertise counts as authority? Across Africa, too many stories still leave out women, rural communities, and other marginalised groups. Visibility in African media still favours a narrow few. Quote This Woman+ will be at the African Women in … Read more

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Sound Warm, Practise Often, Start Strong: Insider Media Training Tips

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Sound Warm, Practise Often, Start Strong: Insider Media Training Tips

Q: What do Pratley Putty, Pinotage and the Prepaid Mobile have in common with South Africa’s First Thursdays?A: They’re all South African inventions that went global. Quote This Woman+ has started its own First Thursdays programmes with a series of online webinars at 3 pm SAST on the first Thursday of each month, where you, … Read more

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