mariclair smit

Included Data Capturing and other admin tasks.

I accompanied various Journalists on their stories, got a firsthand experience on interviewing sources, finding an appropriate angle for a specific story and writing stories.

Writing articles, writing articles for online, taking photographs to accompany the articles, and taking video clips for online.

Activities and Societies: Accompanied a visiting scholar on his field production project. The project aimed at recording Isicathamiya Performances. The project provided me with additional camera experience, knowledge of the production process, as well as on field experience.

BA Journalism: University of Johannesburg 1st year (2007) - English, Interpersonal and Group Communication, Information Management, Communication Campaign and Project Management, Persuasive Communication, Introduction to Communication Theory and Linguistics and Literary Theory. 2nd Year (2008) – Newspaper and Radio Journalism, Information Management, Audio Visual Communication, Communication Research, General Computer Literacy and Word Processing and Pres. Appl. 3rd Year (2009) – Magazine, Internet and Photography Journalism, Media Ethics, Information Management, Organizational Communication and Global Communication.

Involves: Media and Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Mobile Technology, Social Networking and Social Media.