Enrolment of first year students in journalism leaps up by 30% in 1979. Why?
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"Possibly because the Information scandal has made journalism seem like a glamorous profession." At least this is the opinion of Journalism staff who compare the jump in numbers with a similar phenomenon at journalism schools in the United States after Watergate.
Of course, the increase may also be linked to the growing reputation of the Rhodes department, the only one of its kind at an English-language university in South Africa.
Bulletin, 1979 (2): 3
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Yusuf Omar (2010)
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Yusuf Omar did a PGDip (Post Graduate Diploma) in Journalism and Media Studies in 2010.
"The PGDIP was the singular most important year of my life. I arrived at Rhodes with a middle-class lack of direction and left with a burning desire to tell stories and do gonzo journalism. I got a scholarship with the Reserve Bank to be there and it was the best thing I ever did. Grocott's Mail was also an amazing experience and allowed us to leave university with a portfolio full of bylines."