Description

Die Geskiedenis van Afrikaanse Joernalistiek is ‘n ontwikkelende storie wat lewens-kragtig op ‘n aantal plekke en basisse ontplooi. Hierdie boek – ‘n eerste in Afrikaans – deel van die agtergrond deur op verskeie van die belangrike temas te fokus.

Al is dit is nie ‘n omvattende geskiedenis van die massamedia nie, bied dit wel die interessante perspektiewe wat die weligheid van die Afrikaanse joernalistiek ten toon stel.

Die boek is gemik op jonk en oud, op jong joernaliste én diegene wat as joernaliste of mediagebruikers ‘n gedeeldte van dié geskiedenis beleef het.

In wese vertel dit die verhaal van hoe die Afrikaanse joernalistiek gehelp het om ‘n taal en ‘n betekenisvolle lewenswêreld te skep.

Oor die skrywer

Johannes D. Froneman se loopbaan in die joernalistiek en akademie strek oor meer as veertig jaar  – waar dit begin het in 1978 as ‘n junior verslaggewer by Beeld tot hy in 2019 as professor in joernalistiek aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) uitgetree het en daarna, as vryskutskrywer en navorser.

Hy het aan die Hoērskool Port Natal, in Durban, gematrikuleer en het daarna ‘n BA-graad in Filosofie en Afrikaanse Kultuur- en Volkskunde sowel as ‘n Honneursgraad in Filosofie aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (US) verwerf. Hierna het Froneman die mediawêreld betree en gewerk as joernalis by verskeie publikasies, insluitende Beeld, Paarl Post, Die Kerkbode en Finansies & Tegniek.

In 1989 het hy ‘n meestersgraad in Joernalistiek aan US voltooi, waarna hy in 1991 as senior lektor in Joernalistiek en Kommunikasie by die Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys (PU vir CHO) aangesluit het. Hy het in 1996 ‘n Doktorsgraad behaal by dieselfde instelling.

Froneman spesialiseer tans in Mediahistoriese Navorsing en bedryf die webblad Mediamense.com sowel as die Facebook-blad Mediamense Bylae. Hy skryf ook steeds artikels en rubrieke vir verskeie koerante en nuuswebblaaie, insluitende Maroela Media, en tree op as kommentator oor mediasake meestal by Pretoria FM en RSG.

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The history of Afrikaans journalism is an evolving story that unfolds vigorously in so many places and ways. This book – a first in Afrikaans – tells something about that by focusing on several important themes.

It is not a comprehensive history of mass media, but it does offer the interesting perspectives that break open the richness of Afrikaans journalism.

The book is aimed at young and old, at young journalists and those who have experienced a piece of this history as journalists or media users.

Ultimately, it tells the story of how Afrikaans journalism helped to create a language and a meaningful world of life.

About the author

Johannes D. Froneman’s career in journalism and academia spans more than forty years – from 1978 as a junior reporter at Beeld until he retired in 2019 as professor of journalism at the North-West University (NWU) and further as a freelance writer and researcher.

He matriculated at the Hoērskool Port Natal, in Durban, and then completed a BA degree in philosophy and Afrikaans culture and folklore as well as an honors degree in philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch (SU). After this, Froneman entered the media world and worked as a journalist at several publications, including Beeld, Paarl Post, Die Kerkbode and Finansies & Techniek.

In 1989 he completed a master’s degree in journalism at SU, after which he joined the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHO) as a senior lecturer in journalism and communication in 1991. In 1996 he obtained a doctorate from the same institution.

Froneman currently specializes in media historical research and runs the website Mediamense.com as well as the Facebook page Mediamense Bylae. He also continues to write articles and columns for various newspapers and news websites, including Maroela Media, and acts as a commentator on media matters on Pretoria FM and RSG in particular.