Creative exchange
Guidance: The head of the Journalism Department at the University of Windesheim Erik van Schaik and CPUT student Jason Felix
Wednesday, 07 November 2012
It’s not often that at the age of 18 one has the opportunity to venture to a new country and tell its stories. This is exactly the experience that a group of second-year journalism students had in Amsterdam recently.
The group of six second-year journalism students experienced a creative exchange with a group of students from the University of Windesheim in Zwolle, Amsterdam.
The exchange took place over two weeks, and provided the students an opportunity to experience Amsterdam culture and media.
The group had the opportunity to visit a national television studio; media group Lokaalmondiaal as well as the Anne Frank Museum and various other landmarks in the area.
The aim of the trip was to expose students to a new culture, where they could discuss various ideas with their international counterparts and ultimately communicate their stories with print or broadcast (radio or television) media.
“Many of them were nervous and needed guidance at the beginning, but at the end of the trip the students' personal and professional growth were obvious,” says journalism lecturer, Clement du Plessis.
Clement accompanied and supervised the students, offering the CPUT students lectures on various media topics that helped the students with their final products.
“The students were required to write feature articles and produce short films on their experience there, for example, Liberation Day which is celebrated each year on the 5th of May,” says du Plessis.
The group of enthusiastic students produced and wrote various pieces that focused on a range of topics from sports and politics to a feature article on Jewish-Dutch Holocaust victim and legend Anne Frank.
By: Nurahn Ryklief
Written by CPUT News
Email: news@cput.ac.za
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