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Denise Roodt
Denise Roodt, the CEO of The Media Workshop, is committed to developing the local screen content production sector, through the provision of accredited training programmes, the delivery of quality content and the incubation of innovative production companies.
Show profile Hide profileDenise Roodt is an experienced businesswoman, media educator, training provider, content producer and entrepreneur.
Career milestones include:
- Owning and managing The Media Workshop (www.themediaworkshop.co.za), a multi award-winning media production and training company
- Bringing AFDA, a leading private higher education institution, to Nelson Mandela Bay and serving as Campus Dean and Registrar of the Port Elizabeth campus from 2015 to 2017
- Achieving international recognition for her social entrepreneurship initiatives in Nelson Mandela Bay, when she was featured as a success story in a 2012 publication of the International Labour Organisation's Women's Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
- Publishing Zithethele, a Xhosa community newspaper for Nelson Mandela Bay and surrounds, which won five MDDA Sanlam community media awards between 2010 and 2012
- Co-ordinating the journalism degree and diploma programmes at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Serving as deputy programme leader of the BA inMedia, Communication and Culture at the former University of Port Elizabeth, as well as curriculating the media components of the qualification
- Working internationally as a television news correspondent for the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation
Denise Roodt is an experienced businesswoman, media educator, training provider, content producer and entrepreneur.
Career milestones include:
- Owning and managing The Media Workshop (www.themediaworkshop.co.za), a multi award-winning media production and training company
- Bringing AFDA, a leading private higher education institution, to Nelson Mandela Bay and serving as Campus Dean and Registrar of the Port Elizabeth campus from 2015 to 2017
- Achieving international recognition for her social entrepreneurship initiatives in Nelson Mandela Bay, when she was featured as a success story in a 2012 publication of the International Labour Organisation's Women's Entrepreneurship Development Programme.
- Publishing Zithethele, a Xhosa community newspaper for Nelson Mandela Bay and surrounds, which won five MDDA Sanlam community media awards between 2010 and 2012
- Co-ordinating the journalism degree and diploma programmes at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Serving as deputy programme leader of the BA inMedia, Communication and Culture at the former University of Port Elizabeth, as well as curriculating the media components of the qualification
- Working internationally as a television news correspondent for the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation
