Staff

Jude Mathurine

Jude bridges theory and practice in the new media specialisation. He is also consulting digital editor for Grocott's Mail and new media editor for CueOnline - the website of the official newspaper of the National Arts Festival. His experience over the past 14 years includes media education and training, freedom of expression and media advocacy; stakeholder and project management for media assistance; and media production, editing, design and strategy for print, web and multimedia journalism. He earned a Baccalaureus Technologiae summa cum laude from the Department of Journalism, Technikon Natal (currently known as the Durban University of Technology) and a Masters Degree in Arts for Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University. He tweets as at @newmediajude on Twitter

Blog: Hey, Jude!

Harry Dugmore

Harry Dugmore is the newly appointed MTN Chair of Media and Mobile Communication at the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in South Africa. In his position at MTN Chair at Rhodes, Harry is running a major project funded by the USA-based Knight Foundation entitled “Iindaba Ziyafika - The news is coming”. This project aims, among other things, to better equip media producers in Africa with the skills and the software to use mobile phones to democratise both news production and news dissemination. Harry has PhD in history from the University of the Witwatersrand, and lives and works in Grahamstown.

Blog: Harry Dugmore's blog

Guy Berger

Prof Guy Berger is at the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. There he served as head from 1994-2010, and has overseen the development of the Africa Media Matrix building, as well as projects like the New Media Lab, Highway Africa conference and the Sol Plaatje Media Leadership Institute. He has a PhD from Rhodes, and is active in the South African National Editors Forum. In 2011, he's convening the Pan African Conference on Access to Information

Blog: CONVERSANT

Past staff

	Anne Taylor worked as project manager in the New Media Lab. She is a Rhodes Journalism graduate, and worked as a newspaper journalist from 1992. She joined the start-up team of Independent Online way back in 1999 and has been hooked to all things digital ever since. Anne now works as a freelance writer and editor. She used to write a blog for this site, but can now be found at brandanne. You can mail her: at dot brand @ gmail dot com.
	Brad has a history in Information Technologies, with practical skills in a range of web-related technologies. He has built on his background in Science, and is currently completing his MSc, which focuses on utilising Open Source Software to improve rural community livelihoods. He is an outspoken advocate of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) and now works for OpenVOICE in Cape Town. He used to have a blog on this site, called New Media Brad, but he can now be found at whijo.net.
	Vincent has 10 years of experience in structural design and corporate content management strategy, working for clients like DSTv/Multichoice, SAA, First National Bank, Virgin Active, South African Tourism, Standard Bank, Nandos and Visa Gold Asia. He is a member of the telkom ICT Journalist of the Year judging panel. Vincent used to have a blog on this site called Menthol, he can now be found on VincentMaher.com
	Colin has been involved in freelance web development and graphic design since he completed his BJourn degree and has taught various software packages to staff and students. Colin worked extensively with Highway Africa to consult on the design and development of their online portal. His main interests include web development and the impact of new technology on the media. Colin used to have a blog on this site called YoungBlood, he can now be found at ColinDaniels.co.za
	Vanessa completed her BJourn in 1999 specialising in radio journalism. Her masters thesis examined radio on the internet, where she did a case study analysis of a South African radio station and its movement online. 2001 saw her working in Johannesburg as a features reporter for the Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Students

Arthur Chatora

Arthur Chatora is admin assistant at Rhodes University's Centre for Economics Journalism in Africa. He graduated with a BJourn specialisation in new media in 2007.

Bekezela Phakathi

BEKEZELA PHAKATHI graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2007 with a specialisation in new media. He completed a Master of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in 2009 and currently writes for Business Day. Bekezela tweets @bekezeep and manages a football blog at New Media Matrix and Football Native

Blog: Football Native

Galen Schultz

GALEN SCHULTZ is an online geek and web-addict who is interested in anything to do with digital technologies and the web 2.0 phenomenon. He has a Bachelors degree in Journalism specialision in new media and spends his free time blogging, producing online videos, and reversing stereotypes. He currently works at the Natal Witness in Pietermaritzburg as a design sub-editor, part-time writer, and video journalist. He blogs at Witness This

Blog: Witness This

Hayley Vos

I'm doing new media in 2007. My other major was drama in which I specialised in dance rep and stage design. My hometown is Johannesburg and I like the colour green

Blog: virtual insanity

Lauren Clifford-Holmes

LAUREN CLIFFORD-HOLMES spent three years as multimedia content producer for News24 before joining the Mail and Guardian in 2010 as its Multimedia Editor. She majored in Journalism and Anthropology in 2006 and completed her specialisation in new media in 2007. She has worked as a freelance photographer, with a specific interest in photographing people. She was the photo editor of Activate student newspaper in 2005-2006 and has been published in several other publications.

Blog: The Soap Box

Melissa Gardiner

Melissa is a fourth year New Media student who majored in English and Journalism at Rhodes University. She has worked for a number of newspapers including The Herald, Activate and This Week@ Rhodes. A writer at heart, Melissa also has a keen interest in education. She has worked with the non-profit organisation Ubuntu at their holiday camp, where she taught children between the ages of 8 and 16 years basic news writing skills

Blog: Citizen Media Exposed

Students 2008

Qudsiya Karrim currently works as a media co-ordinator at the Al-Imdaad Foundation's South African office. Before this, she interned at the Mail & Guardian (2009) and hopes to return to the world of deadlines and adrenalin pumping stories in the near future. When she's not writing, she's tweeting or Facebooking and thinking about reviving her social media blog.

Mbali Mthembu has been web editor for City Press since 2008. She also remains a contributor to student arts journal Miyela.

Kele Scheppers was awarded the 24.com bursary in 2008 and graduated into a position as content editor at Women24.com.

Former editor of Rhodes University's Oppidan Press, Ines Schumacher interned as a financial reporter for Fin24 in 2009. She is now sub-editor for Cleo magazine

Candace Whitehead started her post New Media Lab career as a junior editor for iAfrica.com- mainly editing for FoxSoccer.com and producing online video for iAfrica.com Sport. She is now iAfrica.com's Entertainment editor.

Lindsey Berry was snapped up as a journalist for Creamer Media's Engineering News and Mining Weekly after graduation. After a year of talking about platinum prices and drill bits, she took up the post of Content & Marketing Manager at Moomba where she conceptualises and develops integrated mobile campaigns (like learning to drive, sports, beauty, matric study aids etc) for companies aimed at educating and uplifting users between the ages of 18-30. She can be stalked on Twitter as @lindseyberry.

Tracey Daniel

Nicole Hyman

Students 2009

Tumi Tladi - the former Oppi Press editor spent some time in Cape Town as Social Media Strategist & Community Manager for online marketing agency, Clickthinking. Six months later, she had moved to Johannesburg where she is currently a web editor at DSTV Online.

Farzana Rasool is a journalist for ITWeb. She is also one of the 2009 awardees of the ITWeb New Media scholarship.

Kgaugelo Pule (Motlafi) is a strategist at Unisa's Department of Communication Sciences. She is presently setting up a multimedia news agency for UNISA for education and training purposes.

Joy Niemack is online content coordinator at Touchline Media - publishers of Sports Illustrated SA and Golf Digest. She is also Assistant Digital Editor at Women’s Health SA.

Tallulah Habib is a Social Media Activist and Brand Ambassador at ITWeb - South Africa's leading ICT focused technology publisher. Tallulah was one of the inaugural recipients of the ITWeb New Media scholarship.

Marshall Patsanza is a designer -turned new media student. He moved to Johannesburg and spent a year as a multimedia reporter for Inter Press Services.

Catherine Sackville-Scott is a video -turned new media student. Catherine started her working career as a copywriter for Media Vision - a specialist search engine marketing company. She is presently Social Media Strategist & Community Manager for online marketing agency, Clickthinking.

Simone Peinke is a communications intern at Bidvest.

Students 2006

	Paul Page majored in Linguistics and Journalism at Rhodes University. Paul is currently web designer and web manager of two sites, OutRhodes, a student society and Captivate Student Media Conference. Paul has a passion for online communication and web design.
	Carly Ritz is a fourth year new media student who majored in Politics and Journalism at Rhodes University. She was also the Editor of Activate, the Rhodes University Student Newspaper. She has a passion for developmental journalism.
	Alex Maughan is a fourth year new media student and has completed a triple major in English Language and Linguistics, Anthropology and Journalism at Rhodes University. He has a passion for environmental journalism and design.
	Gregor Röhrig is a fourth year new media student who majored in Anthropology and Journalism at Rhodes University. He was the former pictures editor for the campus newspaper and is currently working as their editorial consultant. Gregor is also a freelance photographer and has a passion for community development.
	Michael Salzwedel is a fourth-year new media student at Rhodes, whose second major was organsisational psychology. He is the content editor for Activate, the university's student newspaper. He also maintains the Live Music Society website. His passion lies in permanent and portable connectivity - if you can't MSN 24/7, there's something wrong!
	Sipetile Sixishe is a fourth year new media student who has majored in Drama and Journalism at Rhodes University. She has worked for Rhodes Music Radio (RMR), The Queenstown community newspaper The Representative and did layout design for Grocott’s Mail. Her passion lies in print and web design.