Tell It Like It Is
This site has been transferred from tellitlikeitis.co.za
Unless otherwise indicated, all text and images are (c) Sharon Gill
About Sharon Gill
Prior to relocating to the UK, I was a freelance journalist and photographer in South Africa for more than 20 years. Although I focused mainly on the live music industry, I also wrote on many other topics for a variety of publications:
NEWSPAPERS - Durban Times, Hilltop Press, In The News, Independent on Saturday, Cape Argus, Daily News, Mail & Guardian, Natal Witness, Sunday Life, Sunday Tribune, The Mercury
MAGAZINES - Bike SA, Bona, Dogs In Africa, Get The Funk Out, Keur, Maxim SA, Music Africa, Next, Personality, Scope, Servamus, Student Life, Telematics Update, Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International, plus various corporate in-house magazines (e.g. SAPS, SAB, Telkom, Gearhouse, etc.) and countless websites
PHOTOGRAPHS - My photographs have also been used in advertisements, company catalogues, event programs, posters, CD covers, and a collection of photographs were published in “Stars Bars & Guitars” by Jon Monsoon, and a coffee table book “Splashy Fen – A Celebration”.
At Tell It Like It Is, we call a spade a shovel. If you're politically correct, easily offended, a bleeding heart or simpering do-gooder, this website is not for you.
Furthermore, journos are neither employed nor paid by bands, promoters, record companies, venue owners, event organisers, vehicle manufacturers, etc. If we were, we'd be called publicists, and publicists are paid exorbitant fees to say nice things in effusive press releases in order to sell an artist or event or a product. We just tell it like it is.