- Tim Knight sharing his experience with the students
Tim Knight with Limkokwing Lesotho staff
South Africa based international communications coach Tim Knight lectured Limkokwing University Lesotho’s Faculty of Communication, Media and Broadcasting (FCMB) students on communications skills. The talk was held on the 13th Oct at the University campus.
Tim Knight is an internationally acclaimed writer, anchor, interviewer, foreign correspondent, journalism trainer, reporter and a script doctor. He won broadcasting’s highest honour, an ‘Emmy’ for Outstanding Programme Achievement. More of his awards include the ‘Sigma Delta Chi Award’ (from the U.S. Society of Professional Journalists) for Excellence in Televising News, the ‘Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium Award’, the ‘Innoversity Angel Award’ for an outstanding role in making the media more accessible to persons with disabilities, Aboriginal media professionals, and people of colour”.
Knight has published three books on communication, and is a regular political columnist for the Huffington Post (Canada) and The Canadian Daily. He was in Lesotho on a two weeks assignment to cover the ongoing political unrest in the country.
He thanked the University for affording him the privilege to impart his knowledge to Lesotho’s future communication professionals.
“I thank the management of the University, the staff, students, as well as my acquaintance Mr. Kaizer Mats’umunyane for this invitation. It is truly an honour to be here,” he said.
Knight’s lecture focused on skills for communicating effectively and efficiently. He encouraged students to report facts, always be objective and to look at both sides of the story. He said creativity and open-mindedness were the major ingredients in the making of a great journalist, and explained to students how to look at a story from various angles.
Students said they have greatly benefited from Knight’s lecture and will utilise his advises even years later when they are in the industry. They expressed thanks towards the University for continually giving them the opportunity to learn from industry experts, as it gives them a glimpse into the industry.