Rianette Cluley

Education: Journalism AI Academy (Google News initiative, 2023). Reuters Introduction to Digital Journalism Certificate, sponsored by the Meta Journalism Project (November 2023). Google News initiative training (2024).

Experience: Junior journalist and photographer, Witbank News (2007-2008). Senior print and online journalist and photographer, Queensburgh News (2009-2010) and Highway Mail (2008-2013), Northglen News (2013-2014), Highway Mail (2014-2015)

Rianette Cluley is the managing editor of Briefly News (joined in 2016). Previously, she worked as a journalist and photographer for award-winning publications within the Caxton group (joined in 2008). She also attended the Journalism AI Academy powered by the Google News Initiative and passed a set of trainings for journalists from Google News initiative. In February 2024, she hosted a workshop titled AI for Journalists: Power Up Your Reporting Ethically and was a guest speaker at the Forum of Community Journalists No Guts, No Glory, No Story conference. E-mail: rianette.cluley@briefly.co.za

309 articles published since 16 May 2017

Author's articles

Nigerian girl who behaves and talks like AI robot becomes popular on TikTok

Nigerian girl who behaves and talks like AI robot becomes popular on TikTok

9 months ago

"He looks disappointed": Baby acts surprised after he was shown a video of him crying at 5am

"He looks disappointed": Baby acts surprised after he was shown a video of him c...

9 months ago

Rich British pilot flies down to Africa to choose a wife from village, marries her

Rich British pilot flies down to Africa to choose a wife from village, marries h...

9 months ago

Man in tears as he reunites with son after 15 years, TikTok video melts hearts

Man in tears as he reunites with son after 15 years, TikTok video melts hearts

9 months ago

38 year old single woman with no kids pours out her heart in TikTok video about desires

38 year old single woman with no kids pours out her heart in TikTok video about...

9 months ago

USA denies lady visa after she spent her last money, sheds tears in TikTok video

USA denies lady visa after she spent her last money, sheds tears in TikTok video

9 months ago

Young man defeated after losing R4K he won on sports betting right after winning it in video

Young man defeated after losing R4K he won on sports betting right after winning it in video

A Nigerian youth has been left heartbroken after he lost R4K immediately after he won it via sports betting. A friend discussed it with him and shared the clip.

Woman makes fun of wheelbarrow pusher who tried to woo her in TikTok video, peeps divided

Woman makes fun of wheelbarrow pusher who tried to woo her in TikTok video, peeps divided

In a video trending online, a Nigerian lady could be seen making fun of a wheelbarrow pusher who tried to woo her. She wondered how he intended to take care of her.

TikTok video shows student in tears as she displays R80 textbook her department forced them to buy

TikTok video shows student in tears as she displays R80 textbook her department forced them to buy

An undergraduate has taken to social media to lament over the textbook her department made them all to purchase at N4k. She said it had no relation to her course.

Man in taxi blasts lady for refusing to give him her number, woman records TikTok video of him

Man in taxi blasts lady for refusing to give him her number, woman records TikTok video of him

There was a heated exchange of words between a young lady and a man after she refused to give him her phone number. This drew reactions from many netizens.

Man shares tiny apartment that costs over R35k in New York City without toilet inside

Man shares tiny apartment that costs over R35k in New York City without toilet inside

A man shared a video of an apartment which costs $2000 (N1.7 million) in New York City. He said the toilet for the apartment is located outside and not within.

Man irons clothes for 142hrs to break Guinness World Record and spends R700 on his goal

Man irons clothes for 142hrs to break Guinness World Record and spends R700 on his goal

A Nigerian man from Kogi state ironed clothes non-stop for 142 hours in a quest to break a Guinness World Record. He stopped based on medical advice.

Lady goes through surgery to reduce her jaw size, TikTok video of recovery gets 5.4 million views

Lady goes through surgery to reduce her jaw size, TikTok video of recovery gets 5.4 million views

A lady who went for an underbite surgery to reduce the size of her jaws shared a video of the process on TikTok and it got over 5.4 million views on the platform.

"I caught him on camera": Woman who entered her children's room at 3 am sees hubby praying for them

"I caught him on camera": Woman who entered her children's room at 3 am sees hubby praying for them

A video making the rounds on social media has captured the emotional moment a woman saw her husband praying for their children. The scene touched her heart.

Man in TikTok video gets 5 women pregnant at the same time, peeps compare him to Nick Cannon

Man in TikTok video gets 5 women pregnant at the same time, peeps compare him to Nick Cannon

A young man has sent social media users into a frenzy for getting five women pregnant at the same time. The women happily flaunted their baby bumps.

Rianette Cluley