Being a newspaper reporter in this here North Coast in what is now election year means the mental filters work overtime. Discriminating against propaganda and political parties looking to use you as a pawn against rivals, keeps you on your toes.
Accusing us of party bias to saying we're rubbing shoulders with certain councillors makes for good Saturday Night Live sketches (think of the sign language interpreter at Madiba's memorial). If you want so called mileage or feel the primal urge to hog the limelight, try theatre.
Telling editors and GM's how to publish content will be in vain and may have a backlash on a councillors career, his party and more. Playing the vendetta card is like saying you are a victim in a democracy that affords you freedom of speech.
I am a certified community journalist via UNISA, obtained a certificate for completing Introductory courses in Social Psychology (Wesleyan University, US) and Theory of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism (Yale) respectively. Respect us all regardless... please!
...Written sometime in 2016
Accusing us of party bias to saying we're rubbing shoulders with certain councillors makes for good Saturday Night Live sketches (think of the sign language interpreter at Madiba's memorial). If you want so called mileage or feel the primal urge to hog the limelight, try theatre.
Telling editors and GM's how to publish content will be in vain and may have a backlash on a councillors career, his party and more. Playing the vendetta card is like saying you are a victim in a democracy that affords you freedom of speech.
I am a certified community journalist via UNISA, obtained a certificate for completing Introductory courses in Social Psychology (Wesleyan University, US) and Theory of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism (Yale) respectively. Respect us all regardless... please!
...Written sometime in 2016
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