- In 2013, Mia Malan founded Bhekisisa as the health desk of the Mail & Guardian. In 2019, the centre left the newspaper to become an independent media organisation which distributes its copy for free to five mainstream publications in South Africa.
- Malan is responsible for the quality of Bhekisisa’s products, the centre’s editorial direction and vision, fundraising and visibility. She’s also a regular speaker and moderator at journalism and health events and also conducts training workshops.
- For her passion, narrative journalism, there’s currently little time. But it’s at the cost of a larger goal, she says: creating the next generation of health journalists.
