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Maryn Blignaut

Education: BA in Communication Science, University of South Africa (2012–2016), AFP Digital Investigation Techniques (GNI, 2023), Google News Initiative training (2024), Thomson Reuters Foundation AI Adoption Training and WAN-IFRA Women in News Programme (2025)

Experience: Briefly News (2017-present)

Awards: - Best Appealing Storytelling: Highest Average Pageviews, 2023 by Briefly News - Awarded the 2023 Gender Mainstreaming Award (Empowerment of Women in the Community) as part of the Briefly News team

Maryn Blignaut is the Editor-in-Chief at Briefly News, with nine years of experience in digital journalism. She holds a BA in Communication Science from the University of South Africa (2016) and specialises in digital storytelling and feature writing. She has completed advanced professional training in media and innovation, including the AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course, multiple Google News Initiative programmes, Thomson Reuters AI Adoption Training, and the WAN-IFRA Women in News leadership programme. For enquiries, contact maryn.blignaut@briefly.co.za

1172 articles published since 30 Oct 2017

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Rihanna, boyfriend ASAP Rocky spotted displaying enviable PDA while on date night

Rihanna, boyfriend ASAP Rocky spotted displaying enviable PDA while on date night

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4 years ago

Jennifer Aniston says she and Brad Pitt are friends: "There’s no oddness"

Jennifer Aniston says she and Brad Pitt are friends: "There’s no oddness"

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4 years ago

Reality star Paris Hilton says she is more interested in having children than becoming a billionaire

Reality star Paris Hilton says she is more interested in having children than becoming a billionaire

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4 years ago

Baby screams joyfully at beautiful chair gift, her expression in video goes viral

Baby screams joyfully at beautiful chair gift, her expression in video goes viral

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4 years ago

Mom reveals she was meant to be a nun as her quadruplets celebrate 5th birthday

Mom reveals she was meant to be a nun as her quadruplets celebrate 5th birthday

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4 years ago

Lady shows off great moves, her flexibility in viral video wows many

Lady shows off great moves, her flexibility in viral video wows many

World

4 years ago

Lady celebrates as she gets job in top UK firm, pens sweet note, social media reacts

Lady celebrates as she gets job in top UK firm, pens sweet note, social media reacts

World

4 years ago

A young woman has taken to social media to celebrate securing a big job in the United Kingdom. The lady named Ifeoma Umeh penned a sweet note in the process.

It's over: Khloe Kardashian breaks up with Tristan Thompson again after losing trust in him

It's over: Khloe Kardashian breaks up with Tristan Thompson again after losing trust in him

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4 years ago

Cute Khloe is said to have broken up with her baby daddy Tristan "very recently" over ongoing speculation surrounding his loyalty. Read more on TUKO.co.ke.

Man narrates how he landed in jail after stealing food from rice cooker

Man narrates how he landed in jail after stealing food from rice cooker

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4 years ago

Crime Check Foundation interviewed a gentleman who was imprisoned for stealing food that he did not even get to eat. Watch him narrate his story in the video.

Man dances on his head at wedding ceremony, his hot dance go viral in video

Man dances on his head at wedding ceremony, his hot dance go viral in video

World

4 years ago

A man, Lenin Paulino, put up an amazing show of strength at a wedding ceremony in 2020. Despite being relatively old, the clip still makes for funny content.

3 Friends produce car that can drive on water using local materials, video goes viral

3 Friends produce car that can drive on water using local materials, video goes viral

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4 years ago

Three friends have produced a car that drives on water. They did it with local materials and have been able to do 12 of it. Internet users found it beautiful.

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes 1st person to get 300 million followers on Instagram

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes 1st person to get 300 million followers on Instagram

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4 years ago

Portugal international and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first person in the world to complete 300 Million followers social media platform Instagram.

Inside Mark Zuckberberg's mansions and amazing R4.5 billion real estate properties

Inside Mark Zuckberberg's mansions and amazing R4.5 billion real estate properties

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4 years ago

The 5th richest person in the world Mark Zuckerberg boasts of majestic mansions and real estate properties worth millions of dollars that will blow your mind.

Bunny Wailer: Reggae legend to be buried 3 months after his death

Bunny Wailer: Reggae legend to be buried 3 months after his death

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4 years ago

Reports from Jamaica had earlier disclosed that the reggae star Bunny had previously been admitted to the hospital for complications following a second stroke.

US poet Jackie Hill Perry pregnant again 8 months after delivering 3rd child

US poet Jackie Hill Perry pregnant again 8 months after delivering 3rd child

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4 years ago

News that American poet and rapper Jackie Hill Perry is pregnant again surprised her followers, given that she delivered her third child just eight months ago.

Maryn Blignaut