Fiona
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer/editor/brand developer and published poet |
| Location | Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Introduction | I am a self-employed writer/editor based in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Previously, I worked at Interactive Africa, where I edited a thought leadership/business publication for Sanlam (Catalyst) and worked on Vodacom publications (Vodaworld, as well as internal publications). I worked at Interactive Africa for three years; before that, I worked at Highbury Safika Media (formerly Highbury Monarch) for eight years, editing Equinox magazine for Southern Sun, AA Traveller for the Automobile Association, Expressions for American Express, Reaching Out for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and in-house titles African Decisions and African Communications. I have written for the Mail & Guardian, the Sunday Independent, the Cape Times, Shape, Psychologies, Femina, Fairlady, African Business (UK), Platinum Living, Due East, Explore SA, Moneyweb,Leadership, Oprah magazine, BBQ, Private Life, Tourism, Update, Rivoningo, abouTIME and more. |
| Interests | Poetry, journalism, travel, tourism, marketing, economics, politics, health, exercise, arts, history, technology |
| Favorite movies | Spirited Away; French, Vietnamese and Japanese films. |
| Favorite music | World music |
| Favorite books | Too many to mention...starting with George Eliot, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Naguib Mahfouz, John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and a host of poets... |