OMG! The internet training for journalism lecturers here at
SAUT has been a wakeup call for me. I had since forgotten the adrenaline rush
to write a good story which involved a little bit of research. The luxury of reading
other people’s work, marking, criticizing and grading creates a fallacy of one’s
ability. I am gridding my teeth to say this but I have to for the truth shall
set me free. I actually thought that I was well furnished on the internet
searching skills only for Piek Johansson to ask “find the highest UEFA Champion
League scorer 2016?” and to my dismay I couldn’t…Lol! Maybe it because I have
no interest in sport. This was not the end, we were told to find the fourth
highest mountain in Tanzania. Alas! I could not find but I managed to open up
more than ten tabs on my window ‘choosing the right search words’ is paramount
in obtaining correct information and avoiding a junk of irrelevant materials. Today
is Saturday 10th September,
2016 the four-days training is coming to an end, how I wish it could continue
for a month since I have discovered that I still have so much to learn. Nonetheless,
just to mention a few; I have learned to open up a blog, how to link
information and be able to follow links provided by other publishers in order to
obtain factual and specific information. I cannot thank enough the Vikes
– The Finnish Foundation for Media and Development in collaboration with Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) for
sponsoring
and facilitating the training.
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