Charleen Clarke

Charleen Clarke is an award-winning journalist and editor who has worked for a wide range of magazines – from well-known consumer titles to highly respected business publications.

She is particularly passionate about cars, trucks and travel and, in between penning pieces for publications such as South Africa’s Leading Managers, she combs the globe in search of subject matter.

Ivan Fynn

Ivan Fynn has 28 years’ experience as a journalist and editor.

He is a former head of SABC TV News, editor of Enterprise magazine, Pretoria News and Cape Argus. Ivan now runs Win-Win Media Solutions, a small Cape Town-based communications company specialising in writing, editing and training people to write for the media as well as interacting with the media.

Kim Penstone

Kim Penstone is a freelance writer specialising in the fields of marketing and advertising.

With over ten years experience in the industry, she has worked across print, digital and broadcast media, on a number of industry-specific titles, including the likes of Marketing Mix (editor), Marketingweb (publisher) and Brand Magazine (associate publisher). In 2005 she branched out on her own and now works with a variety of clients in the corporate environment.

Lisa Witepski

Lisa Witepski is a Bachelor of Journalism graduate from Rhodes University.

A seasoned freelance journalist, she has worked on a number of South Africa’s leading publications as well as a number of niche publications as well as a number of niche publications on subjects as varied as property, marketing, tourism, business and architecture.

Nicola Jenvey

Nicola is a freelance financial journalist who cut her teeth on The Mercury in Durban before becoming the Business Day regional correspondent for KwaZulu-Natal.

After 14 years in daily papers, during which time she had also freelanced for a host of publications including five years with shipping magazine Lloyd’s List Africa Weekly, Nicola gave into the allure of working for herself. She is currently The Sunday Tribune property editor, contributes to several business publications in the Famous Publishing stable and has corporate work across annual reports, brochures and opinion editorials. For balance, Nicola writes about wine with three columns a month published in The Mercury.

Samantha du Chenne

Samantha du Chenne comes from a PR background, where she worked on the accounts of many leading brands in the FMCG industry.

She left the PR industry to follow her passion for writing and is working for a freelance writing bureau in Johannesburg. She focuses on a variety of topics in the business, marketing and media sectors.