Jude bridges theory and practice in the new media specialisation. He is also deputy new media editor of Grocott's Mail . His experience over the past decade includes media education and training, freedom of expression and media advocacy; stakeholder and project management for media assistance; and media production, editing and design for print and internet. He graduated with distinction from the Department of Journalism, Technikon Natal and later completed a Baccalaureus Technologiae summa cum laude. He tweets as at @newmediajude on Twitter

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. Before joining Rhodes, Harry worked for the office of the President in South Africa creating long-term scenarios for the both the country and the African continent. The results of this two-year research project, “South Africa 2025: The future we choose”, outlining three scenarios for South Africa, was published in September 2008. Harry’s research interests include the use of mobile communications to encourage long-term behaviour change (especially in field of HIV and AIDS field), using cell phone technology to match producers to markets in developing countries, and the use of cell phones by government to provide better services and information to citizens. 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.

Prof Guy Berger is head of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. There he 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.

I am a people loving person. My interests mainly revolve around politics and most certainly the new media, In third year I majored in Journalism and Media Studies, Political studies and Industrial sociology.

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 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. You can contact him via e-mail at galen.schultz@gmail.com On a more personal note, I was born on 27 June 1985, am very positive about SA, and my left foot is bigger than my right one. I studied Journalism and Media studies at Rhodes University specialising in broadcast (radio) and new media (multimedia). Knowledge is my religion. I love music, gaming, writing, good stand-up comedy (e.g. Eddie Izzard) the internet and video-making (*breathe here if reading out loud) and try to maintain a great sense of humour in my day-to-day living :-)

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

Lauren Clifford-Holmes majored in Journalism and Anthropology in 2006. She is a freelance photographer, with a specific interest in photographing people - whether that be during her work with NGOs, for the university or in theatre photography. She was the photo editor of Activate student newspaper in 2005-2006 and has been published in several other publications. She is extremely interested in community development and the possibility of integrating the concepts and practices learnt in her New Media course with this interest.

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