I have been a journalist in South Africa for six years and I currently work for the Beeld (www.beeld.com), South Africa’s only daily Afrikaans-language newspaper. (Ok, so I’m a bit like the Panarotti’s advert, but not Italian with a dash of South African, rather, English with a dash of Afrikaans! – er… or is it the other way around?)
Having been working predominantly in a community newspaper background, I have my roots in grassroots journalism – I have a passion for the preservation of small media and a keen interest in getting the small media online.
Working at a daily has been a learning curve – exciting, challenging and fun. I’ve always loved writing and what better way than to get paid for it!
I cover the East Rand of Johannesburg for the Beeld (yes, I can like to cover the East Rand coz it are a kiff place!).
At the beginning of 2007 I joined Wits University’s mid-career honours in journalism programme and will be completing my B.A. Hons Journalism end 2008.
And this is how my blog began – it’s part of my online journalism studies!
AWARDS:
2004 Won the national Caxton Community press’ Most Promising Journalist award
2005 Won third place in the national Sanlam’s Community Press Awards Environment category
2006 Won the following at the national Sanlam Community Press Awards:
First place – News Photography category
Fifth place – News Photography category
Sixth place – Sports Writing
Eighth place – Investigative Journalism
2006 Won the Caxton Community press Journalist of the Year award
and: Second place – Investigative Journalism
2007 Won the following TOP 10 at the national Sanlam Community Press Awards:
Fourth place – Personal Finance writing
Fifth place – Investigative Journalism
Seventh place – Human Interest writing
Seventh place – Local Government writing
Eighth place – Sports Writing
I am married to Gavin Edwards, a paramedic (yes, yes, we met on the job!), and we don’t have kiddies… yet!. I love writing, movies, movies and movies, and more recently, Playstation2!
Interviewing a Boksburg family who lost their house to a fire
4 Comments
May 28, 2008 at 12:41 pm
impressive!
June 12, 2008 at 7:41 am
Very Nice. Wishing you all the best in your future.
God bless
June 25, 2008 at 1:48 am
Very nice job pulling all of this together. I will be using your blog as an example of outstanding work to students taking my Reporting for the Web this Fall.
June 25, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Rick Hancock is the Dean of the School of Communications and a Professor of Online Journalism at the Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
He is also the host of the weekly Internet/Technology segment called Rick’s RSS on Fox 61-WTIC Television.
Check out his blog at http://www.ricksrss.com