Celebrating the talented youth

This last assignment had me looking for an accomplished person that has not been given media coverage by mass media.

I figured I would focus on someone younger because I myself am a young person and love knowing about fellow young people doing great things with their lives.

So I interviewed a young lady that I have known for a couple of years now, she is currently working as a quality control laboratory analyst. It sounds fancy to a simple minded girl like myself but she does not seem to think it's fancy at all.

What really made Luyanda Khambule stand out for me though is that even with her job she does radio on the side, during weekends which I think is amazing.

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Her work ethic at such a young age is inspiring, she is chasing her dreams and has achieved more than most have at her age which she would rather be not revealed. She is young though I promise.

Doing the assignment was bittersweet because half of me was happy that I was finally done with all assignments needed for the course but on the other hand that made me sad because I would miss doing all the fun stuff I got to do with all the assignments I have done.  Coming to the realization that I am almost done with my journalism also causes some mixed emotions.

The challenges I faced with this one was again, time management but also I shot my video at night which meant I had to multitask with lighting and everything.

The Blesser phenomenon

My second to last new media assignment took me down a path I had never been down before.

It was so exciting to get the chance to choose my own topic because then I got the chance to play around with so many ideas. I eventually ended up choosing the blesser phenomenon which is growing quickly in South Africa.

One of the things I noticed when researching and asking people different questions was that using the term blesser to essentially refer to sugar daddies is something that some people have not heard before.

The phenomenon is mostly spoken about in the black community so maybe that is why some people have just not heard the term, but anyways a blesser is basically a glorified sugar daddy. They shower young girls with gifts in return for their company or sexual favours.

More girls are wanting to have blessers in their lives nowadays because they want to live lavishly and when I asked people for their comment they mostly thought the phenomenon had more to do with girls wanting to fit in more than anything else. I, for one, thought the problem was that girls perhaps cannot afford certain things, like travelling to Dubai, so they just decide to get themselves a blesser that can give them what they necessarily cannot get for themselves.

The topic is a growing one I feel it will be spoken about a lot in the years to come as the phenomenon spreads.

My lecturer made me question whether or not the phenomenon is going to lead to young girls falling victims of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV. I had not thought about it before she brought it up and I must say she may be right.

By doing this assignment I have gotten some insight on the phenomenon. I enjoyed doing it and faced little difficulties like trying to meet the deadline, as usual.