Author Archives: Jo

And so the story continues

By Jo | Published: Tuesday, 13th November, 2007

It was with much sadness that I delivered Janni to Brisbane airport last week. Janni had decided she needed to go home and share her experiences and photos of Jschool 2007 with her family and friends in Sweden. Janni flew home via Stockholm and Gothenberg before travelling home to Jonkerping with her parents. I have [...]

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The last hoorah

By Jo | Published: Tuesday, 13th November, 2007

Jo Mitchell-Turner Valedictorian speech Jschool 2007 Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Like [...]

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The last hoorah

By Jo | Published: Tuesday, 13th November, 2007

Jo Mitchell-Turner Valedictorian speech Jschool 2007 Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Like [...]

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Life gets in the way

By Jo | Published: Wednesday, 29th August, 2007

Good morning all Thank heavens for a family friendly news room. My Big boy has had an asthma event and a meltdown in the absence of his mum. I’m returning to Brisbane tonight to sort the whanau (family) out. Returning to the Daily on Monday was so much better than the first week. Just being [...]

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A few things to remember

By Jo | Published: Monday, 27th August, 2007

Take a pencil to record in the rain. Torn pages and barely legible notes do not a story make. Take your own coffe mug. The only ones available are the chipped stained ones under the sink that have sat unwashed for years and years and years. They don’t use the inverted pyrimad at the Daily. [...]

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