Middelburg hosts another No Guts No Glory
From tomorrow, Middelburg will play host to the largest gathering of journalists in South Africa.
The annual No Guts No Glory seminar is being held over two days at Olifants River Lodge and there are 91 delegates.
The first similar seminar for journalists from the then Transvaal was presented in 1994 at Botshabelo just outside Middelburg.
The first speaker was Jan Jansen from the Netherlands who was an observer for the first democratic election in the country.
During the second seminar, the first chairman of the Forum for Community Journalists (FCJ), Frans Aucamp, spoke about investigative journalism with the title No Guts No Story No Glory.
Since then it has been known as the No Guts seminar.
The North West University and Akademia’s journalism students and lecturers also attend the seminar and the Potchefstromers will visit the OH Frewin Museum for Printing and Community Newspapers with their lecturer, Cornia Pretorius.
Thursday evening kicks off with counsellor Elaine Putter, who will point out different personalities for journalists under the theme You’re the Voice.
Journalists will also be treated to a braai.
The rest of the program begins on Friday morning with the FCJ sponsor Avbob’s Lebogang Lesibi and Marietta Lombard, member of the FCJ board, who will discuss Avbob’s projects and the role that the FCJ plays in the larger media landscape.
Other speakers are Akademia lecturer and chief judge Andre Gouws who will discuss the 2023 Avbob FCJ competition for excellent journalism, Managing Director and Chief Editor of Briefly News, Rianette Clulery who will talk about Artificial Intelligence and community newspapers and Yolanda van der Stoep, well-known photographer and judge of the Avbob competition whose theme is The good The bad and The ugly.
The seminar manager is Irma Green, Caxton’s group editor of community newspapers.
