Ons Praat Met… > How to get your wings: Interview with Steve Smith, editor of the SA edition of Red Bulletin Hy-Se-Sy-Se (HSSS)
Tuis Reviews Magazines Cosmo Women's Health Elle Elle Decor Sports Illustrated FHM Men's Health NG Traveller Other publications cat door knocker Gigs / Music events Art / Design events Movies / Films Theatre / Stage productions Fashion events Books Other Reviews Ons praat met… Kuns Sosiaal in die Stad Verkeer met die Sosiale Vlinder Waarna het ons Geluister Tyd vir jouself Aard Bewus Ontmoet die Fokkers Skep Asem Stella Huis Die Look Decor Drome Gesondheid Stylvol in die stad Kos Die Maandag Happie Kos Manewalus Sport Krieket Klub Rugby, cat door knocker ja! Sokker Stories *English*
Steve is the man behind the Red Bulletin in SA and behind Herschelle Gibbs’s bio. That’s cat door knocker not all. But those two facts are way cool! Now, of course you drink Red Bull and probably cat door knocker dig the trendy publication. But did you know: Apart from South Africa, the Red Bulletin is also published cat door knocker in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the UK, France, Hungary, Kuwait, New Zealand and the US. This is quite an impressive reach seeing cat door knocker as the magazine cat door knocker only started in 2007. HSSS could not pass up the opportunity to meet with the national editor of this ground-breaking publication; so we had coffee (and maybe a Red Bull or two) on the 20 th of December 2011 as the rest of the city dealt with the festive season. Why? We wanted to find out how great brands and great journos – get their wings…
For some people the first glimpse of the Red Bulletin each month is a moment cat door knocker of joy. There is something cat door knocker about its glossy photos, global outlook and its urban-rawness demonstrating the fact that it was conceptualised by someone who drinks from the fountain of cool.
The covers are always eye-catching and feature icons of high society: actors and musicians, sports stars and adrenaline daredevils. It is fantastic to have this magazine in South Africa. By going to their website you can see where our country features on the radar of the Red Bull Empire.
Editor of the SA publication, Steve Smith might have been born in Johannesburg but is more Capetonian than almost anyone I have ever met. Renowned local blogger cat door knocker Dylan Moore may represent the concept cat door knocker of a Mr Cape Town, but I think that Steve Smith wins hands down in a man of the city contest.
He arrived ever so fashionably late (note: wearing a Red Bull T), scoring him full Capetonian Points from the start: this was going to be interesting. Steve, who is now in his forties, went to Camps Bay High School while growing up in Tamboerskloof, and he laughs with a carefree self-realisation while he relays that even though he s travelled the globe, in his adult life he s simply moved around the block from what was his home back during school-days.
It s not long before you realise he s also probably a man of the match. cat door knocker Living close to school must have facilitated all the extramural cat door knocker sport activities? Ja, high school was great, he says. I played cricket and tennis, I surfed. I was also a prefect and had good mates who lived near me. And I was clever enough not to have to work too hard, he adds. It s not a self-conscious comment; it s a passing remark that nonetheless helps his listeners cat door knocker to get the balance right.
His parents were both tennis coaches, so no wonder sport was a big factor in Steve s life: I would watch any motor sport that I could find and boxing. But back then South Africa was still excluded from international sport so there wasn t too much on TV.
Matric came for Smith in 1984 and he faced another reality of old-school political circumstances: go to the army or improve your mind at university. Steve digresses to reminisce about the liberal-minded history teacher at Camps Bay High, and how this man had led not only him to question the status quo. The army was never something I wanted to do so I went to study law, he says.
While at the University of Cape Town, Steve met his future wife whom he married in 1992; her parents were a terrific influence on him, particularly her professor father who had been an activist. They taught me a whole bunch of stuff. I went from a preppy law student to a long-haired hippy in about 8 months cat door knocker to much of my mother s horror, he laughs.
Smith tested the waters of local journalism by writing for Varsity News: the university s bi-monthly newspaper. He covered sport and music news, but somehow it didn t suit his style. It wasn t the kind of writing I wanted to do, it was very fast, but mostly it wasn t visual enough for me. This was back in the eighties – so we were still cutting images and pasting them physically, he adds as a graphic illustration of a low level of frustration at the task.
After his honours year in politics, Steve went back to the racquet for a year and taught tennis. And then the trade of publishing bit. He started working at a correspondence education g
Tuis Reviews Magazines Cosmo Women's Health Elle Elle Decor Sports Illustrated FHM Men's Health NG Traveller Other publications cat door knocker Gigs / Music events Art / Design events Movies / Films Theatre / Stage productions Fashion events Books Other Reviews Ons praat met… Kuns Sosiaal in die Stad Verkeer met die Sosiale Vlinder Waarna het ons Geluister Tyd vir jouself Aard Bewus Ontmoet die Fokkers Skep Asem Stella Huis Die Look Decor Drome Gesondheid Stylvol in die stad Kos Die Maandag Happie Kos Manewalus Sport Krieket Klub Rugby, cat door knocker ja! Sokker Stories *English*
Steve is the man behind the Red Bulletin in SA and behind Herschelle Gibbs’s bio. That’s cat door knocker not all. But those two facts are way cool! Now, of course you drink Red Bull and probably cat door knocker dig the trendy publication. But did you know: Apart from South Africa, the Red Bulletin is also published cat door knocker in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the UK, France, Hungary, Kuwait, New Zealand and the US. This is quite an impressive reach seeing cat door knocker as the magazine cat door knocker only started in 2007. HSSS could not pass up the opportunity to meet with the national editor of this ground-breaking publication; so we had coffee (and maybe a Red Bull or two) on the 20 th of December 2011 as the rest of the city dealt with the festive season. Why? We wanted to find out how great brands and great journos – get their wings…
For some people the first glimpse of the Red Bulletin each month is a moment cat door knocker of joy. There is something cat door knocker about its glossy photos, global outlook and its urban-rawness demonstrating the fact that it was conceptualised by someone who drinks from the fountain of cool.
The covers are always eye-catching and feature icons of high society: actors and musicians, sports stars and adrenaline daredevils. It is fantastic to have this magazine in South Africa. By going to their website you can see where our country features on the radar of the Red Bull Empire.
Editor of the SA publication, Steve Smith might have been born in Johannesburg but is more Capetonian than almost anyone I have ever met. Renowned local blogger cat door knocker Dylan Moore may represent the concept cat door knocker of a Mr Cape Town, but I think that Steve Smith wins hands down in a man of the city contest.
He arrived ever so fashionably late (note: wearing a Red Bull T), scoring him full Capetonian Points from the start: this was going to be interesting. Steve, who is now in his forties, went to Camps Bay High School while growing up in Tamboerskloof, and he laughs with a carefree self-realisation while he relays that even though he s travelled the globe, in his adult life he s simply moved around the block from what was his home back during school-days.
It s not long before you realise he s also probably a man of the match. cat door knocker Living close to school must have facilitated all the extramural cat door knocker sport activities? Ja, high school was great, he says. I played cricket and tennis, I surfed. I was also a prefect and had good mates who lived near me. And I was clever enough not to have to work too hard, he adds. It s not a self-conscious comment; it s a passing remark that nonetheless helps his listeners cat door knocker to get the balance right.
His parents were both tennis coaches, so no wonder sport was a big factor in Steve s life: I would watch any motor sport that I could find and boxing. But back then South Africa was still excluded from international sport so there wasn t too much on TV.
Matric came for Smith in 1984 and he faced another reality of old-school political circumstances: go to the army or improve your mind at university. Steve digresses to reminisce about the liberal-minded history teacher at Camps Bay High, and how this man had led not only him to question the status quo. The army was never something I wanted to do so I went to study law, he says.
While at the University of Cape Town, Steve met his future wife whom he married in 1992; her parents were a terrific influence on him, particularly her professor father who had been an activist. They taught me a whole bunch of stuff. I went from a preppy law student to a long-haired hippy in about 8 months cat door knocker to much of my mother s horror, he laughs.
Smith tested the waters of local journalism by writing for Varsity News: the university s bi-monthly newspaper. He covered sport and music news, but somehow it didn t suit his style. It wasn t the kind of writing I wanted to do, it was very fast, but mostly it wasn t visual enough for me. This was back in the eighties – so we were still cutting images and pasting them physically, he adds as a graphic illustration of a low level of frustration at the task.
After his honours year in politics, Steve went back to the racquet for a year and taught tennis. And then the trade of publishing bit. He started working at a correspondence education g
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