Let me just start off by saying: moving away from where I grew up, the place I called home, my comfort zone, was the best thing that could have happened to me. I was one of those people living in…
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Benefits and tips for using Twitter for your business or yourself
You are one of two people: you either don’t get Twitter, or it’s the social media platform where you spend most of your time. I’m in the second category. I found my tribe on Twitter. There are several people on…
Vanessa Raath: Lessons I learned as a mentor
We should all have that line “student of life” on our Facebook profiles. This is because we are forever learning – whether formally or informally. For this week, I spoke to some entrepreneurs on what they learned from mentorship. First…
The Ultimate Lesson I Learned from a Mentor
You learn by doing, I’ve heard so often. There are some things that you just don’t learn in a classroom. You learn it on the job. I’ve been thinking a lot on mentorship the past few weeks. A few weeks…
5 ultimate reasons why a niche or beat can work for you
I told my husband the other day about how journalists who had “beats” get all the stories. For instance, when I was a junior journalist for general news, I had to give off my story if it related to someone…
Lessons learned from South African artists + my roadtrip
My family – myself, husband and our nine month old baby – drove from Johannesburg to Cape Town for a few gigs (shows and workshops). WHY THE ROADTRIP My husband is a musician and composer. This roadtrip is taking place…
Advice on choosing a career – this is how I got into journalism
I never thought of journalism as a career before I enrolled to do the course at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. In fact, before I decided to enrol for journalism I never watched much news. My brother and I used…