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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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.(…)

Well another attempt to make an entry to the blog was foiled by the dreadful sunshine coast weather. As I submited my entry the electrics in my apartment failed so once again a long chatty piece about my week has disappeared into the ether. Have had a good week . Lots of news relating to(…)

This is the third time I have written and tried to post about my day. Keep accidently deleting. Both attempts were chatty and newsy ,you get none of that now too tired. Had a good day. Wrote a story about an 82 year old author and took photos for a street poll. Going to put(…)

This is the third time I have written and tried to post about my day. Keep accidently deleting. Both attempts were chatty and newsy ,you get none of that now too tired. Had a good day. Wrote a story about an 82 year old author and took photos for a street poll. Going to put(…)

Here I am guys. It has only taken several months and some patient encouragement from the great man to get me here. We have moved and the exit clean was completed yesterday evening at 630.That clean is always draining. Who really wants to scrub a place they have already left but with an enormous bond(…)