Distance-learning students continue to get in touch with stories of their successes, and many of their stories can now be told in the student case studies section on the main lsj.org website.
As a young man growing up in Zambia, Charles Mafa (top) always had a strong interest in the media – and he got his first “break” volunteering for a community radio station shortly after leaving school. Passionate about community service and the role of journalists in standing up for the rights of ordinary people, he pursued a career in broadcasting before embarking on the LSJ’s distance learning journalism course.
He completed the course within a year, achieving a diploma with distinction, and in 2011 he scooped second prize in a World Bank sponsored national award for Zambian journalists - which in turn led to a three-month placement at the Mail and Guardian's Centre for Investigative Journalism in South Africa, where he has had various investigative stories published in the local and international media.
Other students in touch in 2011-12 included Hilary Munro in Cairo, celebrating having her first programme published on the BBC's World Service, and Ian Hembrow, now a regular contributor to The Guardian's housing network website.
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