Carrying on from my previous blog entries I did mention my working under the direction of Richard Lancaster on his television show  “High Time” which will be broadcast on 31Digital, (previously known as Briz31) on October 13, 2011. Call it fate. Being in the right place at the right time. Whatever the assumption. I without a doubt feel absolutely privelleged being(…)

Right! So, my last few days at the Sunny Coast Daily were a whirlwhind. Things were going well, one foot in front of the other article-wise etc, when life took an unexpected turn shortly before I left on wednesday afternoon. Technically, I’d been assigned to the features and travel section,  but so far the emphasis(…)

The competition to be one of the hundred stories published each day is intense. They are all such great writers. To even get a job they were the finest scholars with marks in the top 5%. Academic marks are valued here. An old sailing coach with a spotty academic record is like a fish out(…)

Thanks to Zane for being so nice, so helpful and patient. Thanks to Yvonne for giving me some work and offering to give feedback – I wish I’d approached you sooner. Thanks to Linda for the interesting ‘chat’. Thanks to Geoff for being himself. Thanks to Paul for…I’m not sure what for…but thanks. Thanks to(…)

Week 2, Day 3 & 4 My last couple of days were probably the hardest. After two weeks I was hooked. As much as I wanted to return to Brisbane for my friends and family, and of course a pay check, I didn’t want to leave a job which I was thoroughly enjoying. By the(…)

I can’t believe my two weeks at the Herald Sun are over in a few hours. Like all my fellow Jschoolers who completed their internship, it has been an extraordinary experience. Besides the crazy 4 seasons in an hour back home, everything seems to have gone very well. Oh and the fire yesterday, that was(…)

One of my problems as a journalist, I believe, is being scared of chasing stories and my tendency to be nice and agreeable. In Quest where I was writing very fluffy feel good stories, I’ve been fortunate to write more news stories at the Chronicle. This means I’ve had to be persistent with getting answers(…)

Saturday, September 10th, 2011. This was an amazing night! I was lucky enough to be part of such a grand and dazzling evening in the presence of our country’s most elite media celebrities. Laurie Oakes. Tony Koch. Bruce Paige. The list was full. Siobhan Baillieu and myself were assigned the privellege of selling raffle tickets to all the attendees to win a much(…)

It was Father’s Day on a Sunday morning that I had my first chance to go on-air with Clint and Greg at 99.7FM’s Radio Station. I had a bawl with the guys. It was actually a 70’s show with all-time classics carefully compiled together for the celebrationary Father’s Day theme. I walked into the station and(…)

So. Where did I leave off? How rude of me not to wrap up blogging from my final week’s Internship at the Redcliffe & Bayside Herald. Picking up where I left off previously, the last week of my internship, I was scarcely in the office. That week unexpectedly eventuated in external pursuits with radio gigs and assisting on a(…)

Monday I was still stumbling around. I had a great story idea. Funny! Weird! Entertaining! I loved it. A Chinese man had a beauty treatment. Got into a bath of eels (they are meant to eat off dead skin). A tiny one wriggled up into his penis and he had to go to hospital where(…)

Today has been a much more productive day so far, and as such, I’m taking adantage of the time I have to keep you all updated about life here at the Daily. Part of why I’m feeling more productive, I think, has something to do with the very nice, large, cup of coffee I’m nursing(…)