I'm a final year journalism student at Tshwane University of Technology, and in order for me to succesfuly finish my studies I'm required to have spent at least a year with a recognised media/communication organisation.
However finding placement in the mainstream media has been dreadfuly frastrating, I've been send from pillar to post by nearly all the top media organisation in the country none of them are interested in my services. And this is driving me nuts I can not tell why am I being turned down because I've already finished my theoretical part of my studies and what depletes my confidence the most is that I've passed all my subjects and have a bit of writing experience gained from reporting for our campus newspaper.
But that seems to me that it is never taken in to consideration at all.
I really love print media and I don't even imagine myself working anywhere except in print media. Yes one has to be patient but damn I can not understand why students who performed well in their studies should struggle to find internships, and I don't really see any reasons why they should be treated in this fashion.
Sowetan every year offers a scholarship, the so called Aggrey Klaaste scholarshhip for journalism gradutes I really don't see any good reasons why they should offer it to people who have already graduated, it seems to that Sowetan underestimate the training which institutions of higher learning are offering. To me there is no justification at all except that they lack confidence in our tertiary training.
My middle name has for the past seven months been apply, I've applied to countless organisations including government departments with no luck at all, not even one of them have called me for an interview, I wish if I could have at least been called for an interview and fail at the interview it would have been far better than failing to even be called for an interview.
Some time I spent quite a long time staring at my CV to find any fault with it but I cann't see anything wrong with it, what even makes things even more worse is that all my friends whom I constructed my CV with have all got placements.
And I have to be contend with everyone singing the old boring song its gonna be alright soon, just keep thinking positively and the doors will open for you.
