2014 address to the Journalism students at TUT

Back to school, back to reality!!!!

The reality is that “Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you are at it” - Horace Greeley

 2014 is finally here, and yet another year for us to count our blessing!!!

A warm Welcome back to all the senior students and to the first years ,congratulations, It’s my pleasure to welcome each and every one of you,  to the Tshwane University of Technology, and especially to the Journalism Department .

For those visiting Soshanguve for the first time, feel welcomed and I hope you enjoy, each and every minute spend here, where there is never a shortage of sphatlho, fire fighters (stimamollo), skopas,   and plenty  of good music .

As this year begins, I hope we have all made our goals and will work towards achieving these goals. As students the lecturers and the department as a whole are here to be of assistance to you whenever the need arises.

Journalism is a fun filled profession that provides an opportunity for people to learn and grow as individuals on an everyday basis. Yes, there are moments of extreme tiredness and excess work that involves a lot of reading and writing but as DR Oz once said,   the more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

As aspiring journalist below are a few tips that if followed may make this year as well as the future years more bearable in terms of your work

·         Always be ready for a story

·         Always Be on time

·         Ask relevant questions

·         Have reliable sources

As you study and practise whatever you will learn this year remember:

Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space- Rebecca West

Good luck in all your endeavours, although luck has nothing to do with it.

“ALWAYS LOOK INTELLIGENT”