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JMS alumnus awarded international scholarship

JMS alumnus, Khwezi Magwaza has been awarded a prestigious Ford Foundation Scholarship which will allow her to read for her Masters degree within the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Until recently, Magwaza was the editor of seventeen magazine. Magwaza graduated with a BA (Journalism) in 2002. All the best Khwezi!

FJPs report at the National Arts Festival

Highway Africa's, Future Journalists Programme (FJP) recently hosted the second event on its calendar, the Winter School: Experiential Learning at the National Arts Festival, from 30 June - 10 July 2011. 20 FJP students from different institutions around South Africa once again converged on Grahamstown for an interactive writing workshop. The aim of this workshop was to teach FJPs (as the students are known) the nuances of writing, whilst giving them the opportunity to practise their newly acquired skills. What better place and time to have done this than during the National Arts Festival?

Don't fall for BRICS hype, warns visiting speaker

Chris Giles, economics editor of the Financial Times (FT), poured cold water on the idea that South Africa belongs in the BRIC club made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China – despite having accepted the opportunity to join this loose grouping. He was speaking recently at a talk on the BRICS group, at The School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) as part of the Pearson sponsored Master Class for journalists.

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