About

Welcome to my blog.

I’m an independent South African journalist who’s currently in the U.S. pursuing a master’s in mass communication research and environmental journalism.

I am the editor of The Boulder Stand, a volunteer-run environmental publication I co-founded in 2011. Before starting The Stand, I worked for the now defunct New West (its demise had nothing to do with my journalism) where I covered environmental, scientific and sustainability issues in the Rocky Mountain West.

In my former life I was a vagabonding surf and travel writer, editor for a music website, and a terminal freelancer. I have published stories about my travels in Indonesia, Morocco, Namibia, and Angola in major surf publications including Surfer, The Surfer’s Path, Carve, and South African stalwart Zigzag, to which I contributed regularly for about five years.

I recently contributed chapters to an Orca Publications book on global surf travel, which included write-ups on Mozambique and El Salvador.

Before coming to the U.S. I worked for The Big Issue, South Africa, a fine magazine that is part of the International Network of Street Papers. I wrote lead features, many of which graced the cover, on homophobia in Africa, African spiritual healers (sangomas), public art, tattoo culture, National Health Insurance, and the good and bad of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Please see my portfolio for examples of published work.

Thanks for reading.

-Brendon