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Lise Beyers
Editor & Writer at Paarl Post - Media24
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Personal profile
• Experienced, motivated and innovative photo-journalist
• High personal integrity, and able to relate to and create trust in all, thus building up an excellent network.
• Highly articulate, confident and persuasive and able to motivate and communicate to achieve performance.
• Dependable and reliable in all aspects of my work.
• I have a true passion for the media and am therefore highly committed to my tasks.
• I am prepared to go out after breaking news anytime of the day and night as well as writing imaginative and creative lifestyle articles.
• On a personal note, I enjoy the great outdoors. Although I have travelled and lived in Europe and the USA, I prefer wide open spaces and nature, or interesting places and people - off the beaten track.
• My hobbies are hunting, camping, fishing and outdoor cooking.
Experience
• I started my career as a press-photographer working in Johannesburg for Beeld, Vrye Weekblad and Rapport.
• During this period of time I gained much experience from renowned press-photographers such as Jan Hamman and Hoffie Hoffmeister.
• Highlights of my early career included photographing the release of Nelson Mandela, the inauguration of Pres FW de Klerk, the Amnesty International concert in Harare and the evolution of Apartheid South Africa into a democracy.
• I started out my journalistic career as a correspondent for Beeld from Pietermartizburg.
• In 2005 I started working for Paarl Post as a journalist.
• I also write an outdoor cooking column in the Buite Burger as well as lifestyle article for Boland Media lifestyle supplement Enjoy/Winederous.
• In 2012 I was promoted to editor of Paarl Post.
Work Responsibilities
• Managing and delegating a team of journalists
• Staying at the top of news events and trends
• Subbing copy
• Page lay-out
• Uploading and updating Paarl Post website
• Managing social platforms of Paarl Post
• Social Media
• Administration, eg, correspondent payments
• Until recently I wrote a regular column for Die Burger on outdoor cooking
• For the past 14 months I have been writing a "BosKos" column for WegRy magazine
• I am fluent in both English and Afrikaans
Achievements
• As a press-photographer I received an Illford Award for a news photograph in 1990.
• I have received various Sanlam Community Press Awards for both my writing and photography.
• In 2010 I received a Legends Award from Media24 as best Lifestyle Journalist.
Career history
• 1987-90 Press-photographer, Beeld, Johannesburg
• 1990-91 Photo-editor, Vrye Weekblad, Johannesburg
• 1993-1996 Correspondent for Beeld in Pietermaritzburg
• 1996-2002 Manager, First Photo Centre, Howick, KZN
• 2005-present Journalist, Paarl Post
Additional courses completed
• Core first line management
• M24 Multi Media Training
Personal details
Lise Beyers
1a New Street
Paarl
7646
Cell: 079 516 6941
Tel: 021 870 4602
Born: 25-01-1966
Educated: Paarl Girls' High School - matriculated 1983
Paddington College London - Certificate in Photography 1984
References: Malane Bosman (ex-journalist, Paarl Post) 083 252 4587
Dawid Roux (photo-editor, Media24) 011 713 9260
Willem Pretorius (assistant-editor, Die Burger) 021 406 2222
Lise Beyers - Curriculum Vitae
Personal profile
• Experienced, motivated and innovative photo-journalist
• High personal integrity, and able to relate to and create trust in all, thus building up an excellent network.
• Highly articulate, confident and persuasive and able to motivate and communicate to achieve performance.
• Dependable and reliable in all aspects of my work.
• I have a true passion for the media and am therefore highly committed to my tasks.
• I am prepared to go out after breaking news anytime of the day and night as well as writing imaginative and creative lifestyle articles.
• On a personal note, I enjoy the great outdoors. Although I have travelled and lived in Europe and the USA, I prefer wide open spaces and nature, or interesting places and people - off the beaten track.
• My hobbies are hunting, camping, fishing and outdoor cooking.
Experience
• I started my career as a press-photographer working in Johannesburg for Beeld, Vrye Weekblad and Rapport.
• During this period of time I gained much experience from renowned press-photographers such as Jan Hamman and Hoffie Hoffmeister.
• Highlights of my early career included photographing the release of Nelson Mandela, the inauguration of Pres FW de Klerk, the Amnesty International concert in Harare and the evolution of Apartheid South Africa into a democracy.
• I started out my journalistic career as a correspondent for Beeld from Pietermartizburg.
• In 2005 I started working for Paarl Post as a journalist.
• I also write an outdoor cooking column in the Buite Burger as well as lifestyle article for Boland Media lifestyle supplement Enjoy/Winederous.
• In 2012 I was promoted to editor of Paarl Post.
Work Responsibilities
• Managing and delegating a team of journalists
• Staying at the top of news events and trends
• Subbing copy
• Page lay-out
• Uploading and updating Paarl Post website
• Managing social platforms of Paarl Post
• Social Media
• Administration, eg, correspondent payments
• Until recently I wrote a regular column for Die Burger on outdoor cooking
• For the past 14 months I have been writing a "BosKos" column for WegRy magazine
• I am fluent in both English and Afrikaans
Achievements
• As a press-photographer I received an Illford Award for a news photograph in 1990.
• I have received various Sanlam Community Press Awards for both my writing and photography.
• In 2010 I received a Legends Award from Media24 as best Lifestyle Journalist.
Career history
• 1987-90 Press-photographer, Beeld, Johannesburg
• 1990-91 Photo-editor, Vrye Weekblad, Johannesburg
• 1993-1996 Correspondent for Beeld in Pietermaritzburg
• 1996-2002 Manager, First Photo Centre, Howick, KZN
• 2005-present Journalist, Paarl Post
Additional courses completed
• Core first line management
• M24 Multi Media Training
Personal details
Lise Beyers
1a New Street
Paarl
7646
Cell: 079 516 6941
Tel: 021 870 4602
Born: 25-01-1966
Educated: Paarl Girls' High School - matriculated 1983
Paddington College London - Certificate in Photography 1984
References: Malane Bosman (ex-journalist, Paarl Post) 083 252 4587
Dawid Roux (photo-editor, Media24) 011 713 9260
Willem Pretorius (assistant-editor, Die Burger) 021 406 2222
