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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Lady recreates childhood photo of her and mum with own daughter 24 years later

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Piers Morgan slammed by female rights activist for attacking Meghan Markle

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Young man's realistic pencil sketch of client nearly breaks the internet

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Young man in suit and tie sells goods in traffic, video goes viral

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GBV and extreme poverty: Women impacted more by Covid-19 pandemic

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Rasta the artist bounces back after receiving financial backing

Rasta the artist made a plea online after his paint ran out. His calls were heard by many and it saw the infamous artist getting backing from his followers.

Young man bags 1st class in engineering, shares graduation photos

A young Nigerian man, Toluwanimi, has shared photos to celebrate himself for bagging first class in production engineering. Congratulations poured in for him.

Friends push woman and man to date, they end up getting married

The two lovebirds officially met in 2018 but Joard’s shoddy dressing did not impress Rita. They met again in January 2019 and that is when her heart melted.

Heartbroken man begs wife to return home for sake of their children

George Sagala said though he knows that his wife does not love him, he needed her back so that they could raise their two children together. More on Briefly.

Unemployed lady begs for job, says she does not mind being a taxi driver

A young woman, Mary Allen, does not want to leave anything to chance anymore. Taking to her social media page, the lady asked car owners to help her get a job.

Young man celebrated on social media after bagging PhD in engineering

A young man named Godisang David Mpye has been celebrated on social media after bagging a PhD in engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Brilliant lady builds home computer by herself, shares photo online

A young black lady has shown off her tech skill after she built a personal computer for herself. When she said it is a little achievement, many people disagreed

Video shows tallest basketball star Adegoke dunking without jumping

Abiodun Adegoke seems like he possesses genuine talent too and the latest video to emerge of him online has basketball fans calling for college and NBA teams

Young man draws Davido with pen, leaves the internet in awe

A talented artist with the handle @Zilaflexa has wowed many with his pen sketch of Davido as he begged people to trend his work so the musician will notice it.

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