Phillip de Wet

Current

• Deputy editor at The Daily Maverick

Past

• Contributing editor at Stuff Magazine (South Africa)
• Contributing editor: special projects at Mail & Guardian
• Founding joint editor at Empire magazine

• Founding deputy editor at Maverick magazine
• Freelance writer at Mail & Guardian
• Freelance writer at The Media
• Freelance writer at Tectonic
• Journalist at ThisDay
• Writer at Brainstorm
• Journalist at ITWeb
• Junior writer at Beeld

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Education

• Tshwane University of Technology

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Phillip de Wet’s Summary

Journalist, reporter and more recently editor with extensive experience in the fields of technology, business and media, plus occasional forrays into politics, property and general interest news. Plenty of experience in copy editing across an array of subjects and limited experience in executive media training and media consulting.

Phillip de Wet’s Specialties:

Commissioning and freelancer management, legal/regulatory coverage, extreme copy editing, publication conceptualisation, establishing systems, processes and policies for new media products.

Phillip de Wet’s Experience

• Deputy editor

  The Daily Maverick

  (Online Media industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Contributing editor

  Stuff Magazine (South Africa)

  (Publishing industry)

  November 2008 — July 2009 (9 months)

• Contributing editor: special projects

  Mail & Guardian

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  November 2008 — June 2009 (8 months)

• Founding joint editor

  Empire magazine

  (Publishing industry)

  October 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Commissioning and copy editor for Empire, a magazine focussing on media and entertainment.

• Founding deputy editor

  Maverick magazine

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 4 months)

• Freelance writer

  Mail & Guardian

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

• Freelance writer

  The Media

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

• Freelance writer

  Tectonic

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

• Journalist

  ThisDay

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  April 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 8 months)

• Writer

  Brainstorm

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years )

• Journalist

  ITWeb

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  December 1998 — March 2003 (4 years 4 months)

• Junior writer

  Beeld

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years )

Phillip de Wet’s Education

• Tshwane University of Technology

  Journalism 1997 — 2001

Phillip de Wet’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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