CURRICULUM VITAE: LYNN BUTLER
Name:
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Languages:
Lynn Esmé Butler
28 October 1994
South African
English
Afrikaans (Second Language)
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Home Address:
Telephone Number:
Cell Number:
E-mail Address:
4 Navic Street
Kuilsriver
7580
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EDUCATION
Last school attended:
Highest Grade passed:
De Kuilen High School
Grade 12 (Matriculated in 2012)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Institution:
Address:
Completed:
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
80 Roeland Street, Gardens, Cape Town
BTech: Journalism
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Employer
Sport24 - 24.com
Address
40 Heerengracht St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town,
8001
Telephone number
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Job title
Content Producer for Sport24
Responsibilities
Journalist, social media manager, make videos/
infographics, manage the website
Period of employment
June 2016 - present
2. Employer
Address
W24 - 24.com
40 Heerengracht St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town,
8001
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Job title
Intern at W24
Responsibilities
Wrote lifestyle stories on beauty, work, relationships,
fashion, travel, home, celebrities, etc
Period of employment
June 2015 - May 2016
3. Employer
Sportskeeda.com
Job title
Freelance cricket writer
Responsibilities
Wrote cricket-related articles
Period of employment
August 2015 - May 2016
4. Employer
Bush Radio
Address
330 Victoria Road, Salt River, Cape Town, 7572
Telephone number
-
Job title
Social Media Manager and Administer of The Biker Show
Responsibilities
Ran the FB, Twitter pages, website and booked the guests
Period of employment
August 2014 - January 2016
5. Employer
Momentum One Day Fan Reporter
Job title
Covered all Titans games for the 2014/15 One Day Cup
Responsibilities
Wrote articles, recorded audio and interviewed cricket
players
Period employment
October 2014 - February 2015
GENERAL
Hobbies:
Music
Attempting to play golf
Singing (Jazz vocalist)
Interests:
Watching sport (particularly golf, cricket and baseball)
Collecting LPs/records
Watching Old Hollywood films
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Achievements:
Finalist for the Vodacom Young Journalist of the Year
award in 2016.
Editor in Chief of the CPUT online magazine, GAS
Magazine and GAS Africa from June 2012 - November
2013.
Finalist in International ARTS performing at Monte Casino,
Johannesburg in 2013.
Participated in the FJP (Future Journalist Programme) at
Rhodes University in Grahamstown during the Summer,
Autumn and Winter of 2014.
Extramural activities:
Assistant to senior (the elderly) co-ordinator at church.
Personal blog: http://atinyreflection.wordpress.com/
REFERENCES
1. Adele Hamilton
Associate Editor at News24
40 Heerengracht St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town,
8001
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2. Lili Radloff
Former editor at W24
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3. Craig Taylor
Night Content Producer at Sport24
40 Heerengracht St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town,
8001
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