Launching: The Mutapa Times
by valentine eluwasi
What?
The Mutapa Times is an online newspaper that aggregates Zimbabwean news from foreign press in 3 categories from over 100 different sources to deliver a curated platform for diverse Zimbabwean news.
Why?
In a recent interview veteran journalist Everjoice Win, said that "the media is failing the people of Zimbabwe by not giving accurate information or emulating how some foreign media are reporting COVID-19 - with empathy and compassion, while still protecting human rights.
For this reason the paper aims to inform people regarding matters within Zimbabwe using a diverse range of perspectives.
Who?
The newspaper is for the diaspora & native residents of the nation with the most joyous people on earth, Zimbabwe.
How?
function getData() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: apiUrl + test1+"&to="+z+"&"+"apiKey=" + apiKey,
datatype: "jsonp",
success: function(data) {
newsArr.push(data);
insertData();
}
});
}
function insertData() {
$(".date").append(date.toLocaleDateString("en-US", options));
$(".vol").append("Issue # " + volNum + " | Page 4");
for (let i = 1; i < newsArr[0].articles.length; i++) {
index = i - 1;
let news = newsArr[0].articles[index];
if (news.description && news.source.id != "zim-news") {
if (count < 4 && news.urlToImage) {
$(".image" + count).attr("src", news.urlToImage);
printData(news);
} else if (count >= 4) {
printData(news);
}
if (count === 8) {
return true;
}
}
}
}
function printData(news) {
$(".storyTitle" + count).append(news.title);
$(".story" + count).append(news.description);
$(".by" + count).append("Source: " + news.source.name);
$(".a" + count).attr("href", news.url);
count++;
}
The Mutapa Times was built by @eluwasi using the News API. News API is a simple HTTP REST API for searching and retrieving live articles from all over the web with code.
The paper features the most popular news stories featuring "Zimbabwe" over the last 7 days. The paper searches the web every 15 minutes looking for new articles, should one of those become popular (a lot of clicks) it will end up on the paper.