Maryn Blignaut

Education: BA in Communication Science, the University of South Africa (2012-2016), AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course (Google News Initiative, 2023), Google News Initiative training (2024)

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. She holds a BA in Communication Science from the University of South Africa (2016) and has over seven years of journalism experience. She specialises in digital journalism and feature writing. Maryn completed the AFP Digital Investigation Techniques course and multiple Google News Initiative training programmes. For enquiries, contact maryn.blignaut@briefly.co.za.

1257 articles published since 30 Oct 2017

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Hester Ford: America's oldest person dies aged 116 years

Hester Ford, who was born in South Carolina in 1904 and declared by the Gerontology Research Group in 2020 as the oldest person in America, died aged 116 years.

Queen Elizabeth II pens goodbye to Prince Philip with handwritten note

While saying goodbye to her late husband, Queen Elizabeth left a handwritten note on her husband's casket, a beautiful reminisce to their early days as lovers.

Prince Charles and Harry reconnect at Philip's funeral after year of issues

The funeral of Prince Philip served as a stepping stone for Prince Charles to reconnect with his son Prince Harry after a year of father-son disagreements.

Man, 81, inspires many as he runs 400m daily, adorable photos go viral

Social media users were recently motivated by a cute photo of an 81-year-old Chinese man running 400m on a daily basis. The man records his progress each day.

Kind man feeds 150 people from top of a car, video goes viral

A Nigerian white man identified as Mohammed Jammal got many talking after he shared a video of himself feeding over 100 persons from the top of a Hilux car.

Wesley Snipes speaks African language as he hangs out with Ben Murray-Bruce

Ex-lawmaker Ben Murray-Bruce recently took to his page on Instagram with a video showing him with Wesley Snipes. The actor also spoke Yoruba in the funny video.

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Honourable Francis-Xavier Sosu (Esq) is an NDC MP for Madina Constituency. He was called to the bar as a lawyer in 2009. Now he is a lawmaker in the same place.

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