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Maven's publisher wins more prestigious ICT awards
Shapshak won the fixed telecommunications category in the 2003 Profile Awards, which rewards science and technology journalism in the SADC region, and was a runner up in the mainstream newspaper category of the Telkom information and communication technology (ICT) awards in both 2003 and 2004. These awards were for his work for ThisDay newspaper - for which he was a senior writer until its October 2004 closure. He is still a contributing editor to both GQ and Sawubona magazines. His 2002 overall award was while he was the Mail & Guardian newspaper's technology editor and a contributing editor to GQ. Shapshak won in 2002 this for “his ability to report in an engaging, lucid and informative way on a variety of ICT related topics,” said Telkom's media relations senior manager Andrew Weldrick. Telkom initiated the ICT Journalist of the Year Award in 2000 to develop and nurture an interest in ICT among journalist. It is the premier platform where South African journalists are recognised for their contribution to the ICT sector. "David Shapshak is the most deserving winner of this prestigious award … David demonstrated a skillful blend of wit and story telling that engaged the judges. Each piece of his work described an event in which the technology was a colourful character that was brought to its life. Neither jargon nor the gadget ever took charge of the narratives making it easier to read and relevant at all times," said Andile Mazwai, one of the judges and director of his own stock broking firm, Mazwai Securities. "David’s work was consistently witty, engaging and informative, making ICT topics immediately relevant in the reader’s life context," said Tholoana Qhobela, another judge and CEO of Diagonal Street Communications. Out of a field of more than 200 entries, a judging panel of industry professionals and seasoned journalists nominated Shapshak for his work. His awards for best print-mainstream and print-lifestyle magazine journalist categories saw him win the overall award for ICT journalist of the year. Winning articles from 2002 His winning GQ article in the print-lifestyle magazine category was: Remote browser GQ magazine | November 2002 On a trip to Rome David Shapshak was asked by his wife to buy her some shoes. Technology saved him. Some of the winning Mail & Guardian articles for the print-newspaper category in 2002 included: Unwiring Africa Mail & Guardian | March 1, 2002 Mobile networks appear to be the most appropriate for the continent with faster roll-outs than fixed-lines and at a lower cost Future present Mail & Guardian | April 26, 2002 As computers become more pervasive, the scenarios of science fiction are not that far-fetched. The better connection Mail & Guardian | March 8, 2002 Seventy years after the first two-way radio was fitted in a Chicago police car, a revolutionary new system is linking Cape Town's emergency services. Of cellphones and parking meters Mail & Guardian | March 28, 2002 In future consumers will be able to do almost anything via their phones. A month on a Mac Mail & Guardian | June 14, 2002 David Shapshak test-drives Apple's new iMac. The mobile movement Mail & Guardian | February 8, 2002 Wireless technologies are sweeping across the world, changing the way that people work. The super grid Mail & Guardian | May, 2002 A new computing model aims to help businesses reduce IT costs while expanding capabilities. Photo evangelism Mail & Guardian | July 26, 2002 Photoshop's newly released version 7.0 is the definitive program for picture editing. Africa keeps talking Mail & Guardian | June 6, 2002 Moves are afoot to improve the continent's telecoms network. From radio ga-ga to rah-rah Mail & Guardian | July 17, 2002 MTN's new general packet radio service opens up new horizons. A bug in the works Mail & Guardian | March 28, 2002 Computer viruses are as dangerous as their health-threatening equivalents and the focus of one of the world's largest software industries. Flash MX: Saviour of the universe Mail & Guardian | April 5, 2002 Designers can now build entire websites with the latest version of this program that lets website designers add, well, flash, to their designs. Gates signals secure era Mail & Guardian | Jan 25, 2002 Microsoft chooses security to increase consumers' trust in computers. The next new thing Mail & Guardian | January 18, 2002 What will be the new killer app? This is the perennial question that computer makers, the telecommunications sector and their associated industries are always asking about new applications. IT's annus horribilis Mail & Guardian | January 11, 2002 After Stanley Kubrick's eponymous film, the year 2001 was tipped for mighty things but saw the Internet bubble burst and the super-charged global economy run out of rocket fuel. [content is still king] [about us] [clients] [contact us] © 2002 mavenmedia [contact us] |
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