Jeanne Du Toit
Lecturer
Journalism and Media Studies
Rhodes University
South Africa
Biography
Jeanne has a background in community radio and plays a supportive role in the local community radio sector. She teaches the second and fourth year radio courses, assists in the teaching of the IsiXhosa for Journalism programme, runs an internship course for senior students, and supervises MA students. She is the chair of the curriculum forum of the School of JMS and chairs the steering committee for a curriculum development exchange programme between the School of JMS and Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. She has a doctorate focusing on journalism education.
Research Interest
Journalism
Publications
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Du Toit J. Free to air-challenging oppressive conventions. Agenda. 1996 Jan 1;12(31):28-32.
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Du Toit, Jeanne Erica. Journalism education in universities: the global and local migration of concepts between discipline and practice. Diss. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 2013.
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Du Toit J, De Beer AS. In search of critical engagement: a history of South African university based journalism education. Rhodes Journalism Review. 2010 Jul 1;2010(30):12-4.
