Monthly Archives: November 2011

Lucky…

By Brittany | Published: Sunday, 20th November, 2011

I started my first day with a sense of trepidation… Unlike my usual organised self, I hadn’t visited the newspaper’s office before my internship started. Luckily, a drawling American noticed my indecision when I got off the train (I was eeny-meeny-miny-moing whether to go right or left) and gave me directions. “You see that crane [...]

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my vim & vigour

By Teresa | Published: Friday, 11th November, 2011

Of all the weeks in all the weeks of this year, why this week? Why was my vim & vigour so low? Beginning the week with a broken 4-hours of sleep didn’t help. I could have done a lot more if my vim & vigour was at even a reasonable level. A voice (a very [...]

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In the land of newsqueens

By Teresa | Published: Wednesday, 9th November, 2011

Three days ago I came to News Queensland. It’s a wide and bustling but friendly land. I will only have time to navigate part of this land. But that’s okay. I’m staying in the Courier-Mail area. Like going France for two weeks and never leaving Paris. But who wants to see a whole country express [...]

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The last huzzah!

By Brittany | Published: Saturday, 5th November, 2011

Teachers, family, friends, esteemed guests and fellow journalists, This speech was possibly the hardest piece of writing I have had to do all year. After all, how could I do justice to the past year without making any style or grammar mistakes? And should I use the inverted pyramid style? Or go for a punchy [...]

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