
IN PICTURES: This is how our last JMS 50 events went over the weekend
Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022: The first event kicked off with a media briefing, where Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University, Professor Sizwe Mabizela emphasized to
Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022: The first event kicked off with a media briefing, where Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University, Professor Sizwe Mabizela emphasized to
Sometimes, one person fills a career so thoroughly that writing a short article about them becomes almost impossible. A feature article perhaps, or even a
Lindile Mpanza cut her journalistic teeth via a Carte Blanche Investigative Journalism TV Scholarship, directly after completing a BJourn from Rhodes University in 2007. As
It is mostly thanks to Rhodes alum Angie Kapelianis that the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is available in transcript form. In 1998
Admire Mare holds a PhD in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University. His thesis explored how politically engaged youth used Facebook as a platform
Atiyyah Khan completed a degree in Journalism at Rhodes University in 2009. In 2010 she won the Pulitzer Fellowship award, and achieved an MA in
Photographer and School of Journalism and Media Studies alum, Daylin Paul is perhaps best known for his ongoing photo-documentary series Broken Land, for which he
Heather Robertson came to Rhodes University to complete an MA in Journalism and Media Studies two decades into a very successful career as a journalist.
Dr Kameshnee (Kammy) Naidoo completed her BJourn and MA (with distinction) at Rhodes University in the 1990s. While at Rhodes, Naidoo worked on student newspapers
The Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies is celebrating its half-centenary in 2022, and, without doubt, these first fifty years have seen extraordinary
A recent interview with Michael Markovitz on TechCentral is introduced with the statement: “You’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone in South Africa as passionate about
Known for being the first white woman to be convicted as an operative of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Marion Sparg grew up in the Eastern Cape,
Philippa Yaa de Villiers has spent a career in the arts exploring an elusive otherness. Daughter of an Australian mother and a Ghanaian father, she
Stephen Grootes started his B Journ degree at Rhodes University in 1994, the year of the first free and fair elections in South Africa’s history.
Steyn Speed completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism at Rhodes University in 1992. During his short time at the university he was a student activist
Yolisa Njamela-Zikhali was awarded her postgraduate diploma in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University, and has been working in the media for the past
Nick Grubb came to Rhodes in 1992, and immediately found a place, and a lifelong passion, at Rhodes Music Radio. Completing his BJourn in 1995,
Paula Fray obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Rhodes University in the 1980s, graduating in 1986 into the politically-fraught environment of the period. She
Lizeka Mda graduated from Rhodes University in 1984 with a B.A. Honours in Journalism and Sociology. Her time at the university remains fresh in her
Elna Schütz graduated with a BJourn in 2013, specialising in radio and audio. Her involvement with journalism was always more than purely academic; while studying
Cape Town-born David Mann is an award-winning writer, editor and arts journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He currently works as the process writer for
While completing a BJourn at Rhodes University in the early 1980s, David O’Sullivan started his forty-year career as a radio and TV journalist at the
Upon graduating in 1988 with a BJourn from Rhodes University, Deidre Uren made thedecision to relocate to the Eastern Cape, where she has remained since.
James Oatway graduated with a BJourn from Rhodes University in 1999, and two decades later he has been awarded a JMS50 Alumni Award from the
Multi-award-winning director and producer Jin Jeon grew up in South Africa and studied at Rhodes University in the early 2000s, completing her BJourn degree in
Audrey Brown grew up in Kliptown, Soweto, in the tumultuous 1970s and ’80s, when apartheid Prime Ministers Vorster and Botha imposed vicious, ever-increasing restrictions on
A trend among graduates of the Rhodes University School of Journalism and MediaStudies sees alumni using skills gained in both their degree studies and in
Angela Quintal spent five years at Rhodes University in the late 1980s, obtaining aBJourn and LLB degrees. In her role as the Africa programme coordinator
Tony Lankester has made a habit of making things happen in the radio and theatre worlds. Arriving at Rhodes University in 1991, after a gap
An Eastern Cape original, born and raised in East London and educated at Rhodes University, Sherwin Bryce-Pease completed a degree in Journalism and Linguistics at
In the early 1990s, Rhodes University JMS graduate Anand Naidoo became a well-known face on South African TV, as a presenter on M-Net, and a
JMS Alumnus Graeme Joffe has, since 2012, waged a war against SASCOC (South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee), which, his intensive research has shown,
Photographer and School of Journalism and Media Studies alumnus, Daylin Paul is perhaps best known for his photo-documentary series Broken Land, for which he was
Tanya Accone is an innovator and futurist with a vision to share with the world – which she can do through her work as head
Sue Valentine’s postgraduate studies at Rhodes University coincided with the PW Botha State of Emergency, and overlapped with massive political rumblings and shakings in the
In commemorating its 50th anniversary in 2022, Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) is honouring 50 of its most distinguished alumni across the
By Pulane Choane ‘Last year, 451 rhinos were killed with their horns in South Africa. Then in the first two months of this year, 259
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, we celebrate graduates from our programme who have achieved excellence in their careers.
One of our alumna of the week is the renowned Karyn Maughan!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, we celebrate graduates from our programme who have achieved excellence in their careers.
One of our alumna of the week is the renowned Rebecca Davis!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, we celebrate graduates from our programme who have achieved excellence in their careers.
One of our alumnus of the week is the renowned Ray Hartle!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Journalism and Media Studies, we celebrate graduates from our programme who have achieved excellence in their careers.
One of our alumna of the week is the renowned Leonie Jourbert!
by Jenna Kretzmann Pippa Ehrlich is the co-writer, editor, and director of My Octopus Teacher (2020), South Africa’s first original Netflix documentary which went on
By Keren Banza Harugumi Mutasa has been reporting news from Africa for nearly 20 years. She graduated from Rhodes University with a BJourn in 2004
By Keren Banza The corridors of the Africa Media Matrix Building (AMM) have nurtured many students who have gone to shape the world of journalism;