Kelly Lippke

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Communication Science (major in Psychology), UNISA (2007), Additional major in Linguistics, UNISA (2008), Certificate in Community Journalism, UNISA (2014), Google News Initiative training (2024)

Experience: Subeditor, Caxton, Northern Natal Courier (2012-2014), Highway Mail/Northglen News/Queensburgh News (2015-2018), Briefly News (2018-present)

Kelly Lippke is a copy editor/proofreader who started her career at the Northern-Natal Courier with a BA in Communication Science/Psychology (Unisa, 2007). Kelly has worked for several Caxton publications, including the Highway Mail and Northglen News. Kelly’s unique editing perspective stems from an additional major in Linguistics. Kelly joined Briefly News in 2018 and she has 17 years of experience. Kelly has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at kelly.lippke@briefly.co.za.

9950 articles published since 27 Feb 2019

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Teacher walks nearly 8km each to deliver free school meals to 78 kids

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Bonang Matheba is not letting lockdown slow her down. The star just reached an incredible milestone of garnering a whopping 4 million followers on Twitter.

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From a very young age, Emaline King discovered her love for Ford Mustang and she became the first African-American designer at the car manufacturing company.

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A 40-year-old woman identified as Mz Adeola on Twitter has taken to social media to celebrate the arrival of her twins after several years of childlessness.

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An Indian couple have named their twins Corona and Covid as they were born during the coronavirus pandemic. The world is currently battling with the pandemic.

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Thando Thabethe has waved goodbye to Lunga Shabalala and quickly moved on to a new man. The gorgeous club DJ and actress is now dating club owner Jaji Albortore

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As governments look for solutions to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a doctor is leading efforts to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Read More.

Coronavirus: China’s economy could shrink about 10% in Q1 of 2020

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6 years ago

An independent survey by the China Beige Book (CBB), a private firm, shows that China’s economy could shrink about 10% before the end of 2020’s first quarter.

Mlindo The Vocalist buys mom a house, happy to finally have his own room

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6 years ago

Mlindo The Vocalist is a very happy man these days. The star was able to buy his mom the home of her dreams after they'd both lived with relatives for years.

'Imbewu, The Seed': Kaylin’s language skills land him role on hit soapie

Entertainment

6 years ago

Durban resident, Kaylin Soobramanian's personality and great isiZulu skills landed him a role on one of South Africa's most popular soapies: 'Imbewu, The Seed'.

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