Activate

Activate

Type	Monthly
Format	Compact
Editor	Matthew Kynaston
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Rhodes University
Circulation	2500
Website	activateonline.co.za

Activate is an independent student news organisation at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. They produce a publication once a month and curate a news website.

History

Activate was established in 1947 as Rhodeo, and during apartheid became an active part of the struggle for freedom of expression as part of the now defunct South African Student Press Union. Activate is now committed to informing students about issues relevant to their lives, mainly on campus. The newspaper is run entirely by the students and is published every second week during term time. The newspaper receives a grant from the Student Representative Council but a large portion of its revenue is generated through advertising.

Leadership

The staff is divided into executive and editorial teams, which oversee management and content production respectively. The members of these teams are selected each year by an editorial board made up of the outgoing editor and deputy editor, one other outgoing senior staff member (usually the editorial consultant), the station manager of Rhodes Music Radio and various staff members from the Rhodes School of Journalism and Media Studies. Traditionally the senior staff serve a one year term of office.

The current Editor-in-Chief is Matthew Kynaston and the Deputy Editor is Rhea MacDonald.

Archival copies online

For the full archive, visit Rhodes Newspapers: Activate. Please note that the archival set is incomplete at this stage (June 2015), but earlier additions are constantly added. The archive of Rhodeo is available at Rhodes Digital Commons: Rhodeo

See also

• The Oppidan Press
• List of newspapers in South Africa

References

09793473971

External links

• Activate Online