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knysna,

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I am an experienced journalist/copywriter who delivers top quality copy on time, every time.

I am a seasoned, tertiary educated journalist with 30 years of experience writing for top publications in South Africa and abroad. I also have a diploma in copy writing. I can supply words on any subject on deadline as well as edit, re-write, proofread, research and serve as copywriter on marketing projects.

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Print Media

Jan 2007 - Jun 2013 (6 years, 5 months)

Active as journalist in the broader media environment for the past three decades. Freelance extensively for international and local publications: • Contribute fortnightly column for leading Sunday newspaper Rapport. • Chief features writer for Garden Route lifestyle magazine, South. • Contribute series on Eden-district towns for Country Life Magazine. • Re-design and act as consulting editor on Garden Route newspaper, CXpress.

Television

Jan 1993 - Dec 2006 (13 years, 11 months)

Writer/producer/director SERIES: Not Quite Friday Night (variety/music1994-96, SABC 3); But is it Art? (weekly arts-programme 1999-2000, SABC 3). DOCUMENTARIES: • The Whistlers: (90 minutes) on history of Kwela (pennywhistle) music. • Dances with Snakes: (60 minutes) profile on 70’s dancer, Glenda Kemp. • Ukugida – Dancing Feet: (60 minutes) on traditional Zulu Indlamu dance. • From Earth to Earth: (60 minutes) on the role of mud in the culture of Mali, West Africa.

Print Media

Jan 1983 - Dec 1992 (9 years, 11 months)

• Caxton Publications: Features writer and editor of annual 80 page travel supplement, Destinations, for Style Magazine/ sub-editor, re-writer and “Africa Focus” editor for Pace Magazine. • Founder member/arts-editor of the first enlightened Afrikaans newspaper Die Vrye Weekblad. • Arts critic and weekly columnist on South African music, Cape Times. • Launch/co-edit South Africa’s first multi-cultural lifestyle/ entertainment magazine, Vula!. • Reporter/features writer for Die Burger.