Here's Jonny

By: Jonathan Jones ( 09j0848)
My Name is Jonathan Jones , Jon for short as the full name is cumbersome and only used by my mother. I come from a family of five and grew up in Johannesburg and at the moment I am studying a B.A. at Rhodes University in Anthropology , English, Geography and Journalism. I am particularly interested in Anthropology as it is concerned with the human in a cosmological sense and it nurtures my interests in the similarities and differences of people. My hobbies include cycling , climbing , photography, all of which I struggle to find time for and although i hate to admit it I am somewhat of a wanabe surfer. Climbing holds something which interests me. It is the most intense form of escapism i know as it demands concentration and strength. It is my favourite hobby as its intensity and demanding nature continually pushes a climber allowing him to disappear into his own world. However anything involving the outdoors with an edge of adrenaline will interest me. I enjoy getting out of the city and so if I could be anywhere in the world right now I would be sitting next to a fire in Tranquilitas( Waterval Boven) sipping on some gluvine and watching the stars. I am a curly haired 'shortish' guy and I adamantly maintain that I am not short but that everyone else is freakishly tall.


My aim for Note Pads and Deadlines (N&D) is to publish my experiences as a first year student of journalism including the 'Vac work' , my impression of the course and course work as a whole as well as comment on the current events of today in a satirical manner. The Authors of this blog ( Melissa , Zama and Mick) are my peers all studying journalism at Rhodes amongst other subjects. Amongst the four of us we will publish discusions of the news with a twist whilst commenting on our own experiences , opinions and interests as up and comming journalists. We have set up this blog to share our experiences , opinions and interests and to enhance and share our experiences of journalism whilst allowing for other potential journalists to comment and supplement their own experiences. Expect to find analysis of pics , cartoons controversial news as well as accounts of the exploits of first year journlism students finding their way through the maze like world of journalism in the 21st century.