Reaching for the sky starts now
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“There is no time to be distracted while working on a task. It is important to learn as much and execute more than you learn.”
Namibia Media Holdings has appointed Wetumwene Shikage as a junior journalist for My Zone, the youth brand of Namibia Media Holdings.
Shikage was born and raised in Windhoek. She attended Mandume Primary School and Van Rhyn Primary School. She went on to Academia Secondary School and matriculated in 2018. Shikage is currently a student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, studying towards a bachelor’s degree with English as major.
Grabbing opportunities
Prior to Joining Namibia Media Holdings (NMH), Shikage was involved in various editorial teams and projects. She was a journalist and photographer for the Demian Times (Academia Secondary School newspaper) from 2017 to 2018; a contributor to a local youth magazine called After Break Teens in 2019; a junior reporter intern at the Windhoek Observer newspaper from late 2019 to early 2020 and a communications intern at a Poiyah Media from late 2020 to early 2021. Gratitude for opportunities granted to her in order to advance and perfect her skill is something she continues to hold dear to her heart.
A dream comes true
Shikage says it has been her ultimate dream to work at NMH. “When I was part of my high school’s editorial team, the role I had was to write a story or two on good days and capture good images to accompany the story. I wanted to know what happens after that. I always dreamt to be part of the team that made sure the school newspaper content is ready to be packaged and printed. This is exactly what I always wanted to do,” she says.
Shikage’s job description includes producing relevant, compelling and factually correct news and feature content for the publications assigned and to write across a broad range of subjects. Her day-to-day workload is filled with fast-paced work to deliver content on deadline, creating digital content for the My Zone social media platforms and engaging with the social media audience. Occasionally she assists with hosting shows for the My Zone youth brand of NMH.
Shikage describes her position as extremely interesting and fast paced with a lot of learning all in one dose. “This position requires great time spent to make sure my work is on par and up to standard. There is no time to be distracted while working on a task. It is important to learn as much and execute more than you learn,” she said.
Shikage says that the most challenging aspect of this job is having to contact different companies or organisations and they either respond late, with wrong content or simply do not respond at all while you have a deadline to meet. Sending out so many emails to use as the basis of her work only to get one reply is a challenge. However, she says following up with a phone call helps to at least get a few emails responded to.
She says that success is relieving. “I measure my progress and success when I get feedback for the work I have completed. This can definitely be good or bad feedback from submitted work. Good feedback helps me carry on. Bad feedback helps me to improve and fill in where I missed based on a previously worked on task.”
She says the future belongs to those who prepare for it today and encourages the youth to use their time building their careers while still possessing the energy to work.
“There is no time to be distracted while working on a task. It is important to learn as much and execute more than you learn.”
Namibia Media Holdings has appointed Wetumwene Shikage as a junior journalist for My Zone, the youth brand of Namibia Media Holdings.
Shikage was born and raised in Windhoek. She attended Mandume Primary School and Van Rhyn Primary School. She went on to Academia Secondary School and matriculated in 2018. Shikage is currently a student at the Namibia University of Science and Technology, studying towards a bachelor’s degree with English as major.
Grabbing opportunities
Prior to Joining Namibia Media Holdings (NMH), Shikage was involved in various editorial teams and projects. She was a journalist and photographer for the Demian Times (Academia Secondary School newspaper) from 2017 to 2018; a contributor to a local youth magazine called After Break Teens in 2019; a junior reporter intern at the Windhoek Observer newspaper from late 2019 to early 2020 and a communications intern at a Poiyah Media from late 2020 to early 2021. Gratitude for opportunities granted to her in order to advance and perfect her skill is something she continues to hold dear to her heart.
A dream comes true
Shikage says it has been her ultimate dream to work at NMH. “When I was part of my high school’s editorial team, the role I had was to write a story or two on good days and capture good images to accompany the story. I wanted to know what happens after that. I always dreamt to be part of the team that made sure the school newspaper content is ready to be packaged and printed. This is exactly what I always wanted to do,” she says.
Shikage’s job description includes producing relevant, compelling and factually correct news and feature content for the publications assigned and to write across a broad range of subjects. Her day-to-day workload is filled with fast-paced work to deliver content on deadline, creating digital content for the My Zone social media platforms and engaging with the social media audience. Occasionally she assists with hosting shows for the My Zone youth brand of NMH.
Shikage describes her position as extremely interesting and fast paced with a lot of learning all in one dose. “This position requires great time spent to make sure my work is on par and up to standard. There is no time to be distracted while working on a task. It is important to learn as much and execute more than you learn,” she said.
Shikage says that the most challenging aspect of this job is having to contact different companies or organisations and they either respond late, with wrong content or simply do not respond at all while you have a deadline to meet. Sending out so many emails to use as the basis of her work only to get one reply is a challenge. However, she says following up with a phone call helps to at least get a few emails responded to.
She says that success is relieving. “I measure my progress and success when I get feedback for the work I have completed. This can definitely be good or bad feedback from submitted work. Good feedback helps me carry on. Bad feedback helps me to improve and fill in where I missed based on a previously worked on task.”
She says the future belongs to those who prepare for it today and encourages the youth to use their time building their careers while still possessing the energy to work.
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