The managing editor of
LivDigital Independent News, Axel Bührmann is a veteran South African writer, editor, photographer, and multimedia content creator.
Before
LivDigital Independent News, he was managing editor of both the print and on-line versions of
Charged Southern Africa magazine.
And before this, he was South African editor of the renowned
PC Magazine, Inter@ctive Week, as well as
ZDNet Online Africa, one of the earliest local on-line news services in South Africa.
He has written for and edited traditional media, including
The Star and
Financial Mail.
Plus he has also had extensive experience in traditional or old-school ICT and CE public relations.
Between all of this, he was also a
judge on the Siemens Profile Awards panel.
He is also very socially active online, using the likes of
Facebook,
YouTube,
Pinterest,
Google +,
and Flickr.
He has an Honours degree in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University.
