I used to be someone who would struggle to create content. I remember in 2012 when I started at Die Son, a daily newspaper in Port Elizabeth it was a challenge for me to generate story ideas. I was in…
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The #1 thing being a tabloid journalist taught me
It’s something many of us take for granted, but the number one thing journalism has taught me is that people just want someone to listen to their story. Genuinely listen to them. I worked at a tabloid newspaper in Port…
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…