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Wanda Hennig: Media Relations, Publicity, Communications
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South Africa–born and a graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Wanda Hennig’s first job in journalism was at The Daily News in Durban. She subsequently spent six years on the Sunday Tribune writing hard news and features before becoming the editor of the paper’s Sunday lifestyle magazine. Her time on The Trib was followed by five years as bureau chief on the South African edition of Cosmopolitan where she was also editor, for a time, of Cosmo Man. She was also, for a time, Director of Communications at the KwaZulu-Natal Indaba Foundation.
Her first California job was as special features editor on the now defunct Appellation magazine (Wine Country Living) when it was international and headquartered in Napa, California. She was subsequently editor in chief of Diablo magazine, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and then the “late” Black Diamond Living. She worked in corporate communications for San Francisco–based Bechtel and also, for a time on the Oakland Tribune. She is a regular contributor on both Oakland and Alameda magazines. She publishes regularly on examiner.com, where she is the South Africa Travel Examiner and the SF Culinary Travel Examiner. She writes the Delicious Life column for Cuisine Noir magazine.
Wanda offers her clients the benefit of more than 25 years hands-on experience gained from time spent on consumer magazines and newspapers, in the print media, and in corporate and nonprofit communications, both in South Africa and the United States. She has a National Diploma in Public Relations from the Public Relations Institute of South Africa. She is a social media consultant and coach with expertise in both traditional media and Web 2.0. She is an experienced presenter, speaker, publicist, facilitator, manager and creative strategizer.
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