André Wiesner: Professional Writer • Editor  • Media Developer

Firebreak Studios

Text Box: André Wiesner is a professional writer for leading South African magazines and newspapers, and has won awards for his work. Wiesner was news editor at on online portal before teaching Media Studies at the University of Cape Town. He works in the media as well as the civil-society and corporate sectors. This site displays his portfolio.
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Warning: Killer on the Road

Text Box: “Investigating the Aids pandemic, my job tonight is to explore the deadly symbiosis between two industries: trucking and prostitution.”
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World Inside the Beacon’s Eye

Text Box: “The light is reached by a series of willowy, bendy ladders that rise dizzyingly higher from one platform to the next. The glass dome is a stifling capsule buzzing with flies.”
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The Class War Carnival

Text Box: “’So, Brad, what have you done with your life?’ It’s the essential question at high school reunions, and opens a Pandora’s box of insecurities. This is class war between the haves and have-nots.”
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