{
  "id": 4804242,
  "title": "Why Connie Ferguson goes offline at 9:15pm sharp",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/why-connie-ferguson-goes-offline-at-9-15pm-sharp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:30:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/lifestyle/health/connie-ferguson-fitness-phones-and-switching-off-at-915pm-sharp/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Connie Ferguson, a South African television actress, executive producer, and businesswoman, has been active in the entertainment industry for over three decades. At a recent event in Johannesburg, she discussed how she balances technology with her wellness journey, revealing that she switches off her devices at 9:15 PM every evening. Ferguson, who is 56, shared that her fitness journey began with her father and that she uses technology, particularly social media, to capture authentic moments during her workouts, emphasizing the importance of real, unfiltered content. She maintains a strict digital wellbeing routine, using her phone's do-not-disturb and screen-time features to ensure she allocates time for herself amidst the fast-paced daily life.",
  "summary": "She was firm about drawing a line between wellness content and marketing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}