A new challenge at Mail&Guardian
Today is my last day working at Financial Mail and I can now announce that I am starting a new job at M&G Online on the 19th of May.My official job title is business manager: mobile and recruitment. But I am sure that more regarding my actual day to day activities will come out as soon as I move in and get involved in the team.Working with Matt and Vince is definitely going to be one of the great things about my new position. The job is innovative and in a market that is about to burst and is still fairly unconquered in the media sphere.Obviously moving in to a new market and media house is a big leap for me and one that I am cautiously approaching (with some level of excitement). There are some nerves which should be expected but overall I can't wait to sink my teeth in to the challenge.Financial Mail was a phenomenal place to work and to gain some extremely valuable knowledge and experience. The people were sterling and I learned more than I thought I could in a year. But for my career, my brand and the moves I'm trying to make in the industry this is definitely the right move for me at the perfect time.Things are hotting up in SA, the market is about to explode and I am itching to bury myself in it.
Financial Mail blogging at Polokwane
I have just helped Financial Mail put together their Polokwane Blog for the upcoming ANC Conference.We have been extremely diligent with the blog and have already posted photos of what is happening at the University of Limpopo.From the FM @ Polokwane blog:
The FM will be covering the ANC’s National Conference in Polokwane real time on the Internet.A highly experienced team of four FM journalists will be on the ground in Polokwane keeping track of the most important political event since the ANC came to power in 1994. They will be posting regular news, views and conference snippets to the FM@Polokwane blog during the conference, supported by colleagues in the FM Johannesburg and Cape Town newsrooms.It is the closest you can get to being at the conference yourself.
So make sure to add the RSS feed for the blog to your feedreader and keep up to date with the happening at the conference.
Financial Mail gets blogging
So FM (the magazine I work for) have "officially" launched the very first blog that will be attached to the FM Blogging platform. Rob Rose is the author of the FM Governance blog. It is nothing fancy, design is secondary to content and Rob can definitely hold his own on this front.In his own words:
FM Governance is written by Rob Rose and provides irreverent commentary and the odd spark of clarity on who's breaking the rules, who's paying lip-service, and why you should care.
Obviously this isn't officially the very first blog that FM Has ever produced. Duncan McLeod produces FM Tech and has done so for a while. So in theory we are adding on to Duncan's great work in creating an FM brand in the blogging world.Here is a screenshot:
Rob's been quite creative and intuitive as a first time blogger and thought up so interesting ideas. One of those ideas is the loser of the week. Rob pretty much tells the world that one company or person is the loser of the week and then blogs about the reasoning for this.Read about this week's loser here and now.
Rethinking, New Job, New Approach
So what about blogging I hear you ask? I haven't been particularly on my game this week have I? No, I haven't. There is a very good reason for this though I must say.I have, just this week, taken up a position at FM Campus as the new editor. The magazine is the Campus production of Financial Mail.I am extremely excited about the position, the company, the people and the actual workings of the job itself. I have a lot of scope to move and develop the project in the manner that I choose (with some strategic and authoritative guidance).Other than that I have been brokering deals with Virgin Money (more to come about that later) and trying to keep my personal life balanced and in one piece.For now that is that and I will try to keep on top of my blogging and SA Rocks too!!