Earlier this year for JR101 students were assigned to go out and experience first hand what it’s like to report on a real life story. I chose to report on a rally held by a university anticapitalist group known as the “Social Alternative”, and on this particular day they held a student protest in a(…)

Day four: Something different today as I was able to get out and about with the photographer. We drove around and photographed a few bits for different stories, and also did a photo essay on a local business. It’s been cool to be able to see all the different sides to the newspaper industry, not(…)

Day three: Today I got to go out and about, I drove to Sippy Downs to conduct an interview with a great source for a story I am writing. It was nice to have an interview face-to-face for a change, when usually they are just over the phone. Also nice to get out of the(…)

Day two: An early start to the day was worth it as I was able to sit in on a staff meeting to start off the day. It was very interesting sitting among reporters and journalists as they spoke of current events and ideas of how to create an exciting newspaper for the day ahead.(…)

Day one: Nervous and not knowing what to expect I started the first day of the week with an orientation of the Sunshine Coast Daily, the offices and where everyone works. This has been my first stint working in the field of Journalism, so I had absolutely no idea what to expect. The offices are(…)

Today was my final day at Quest Newspapers North Lakes. I worked on a 50th wedding anniversary story in the morning. It was such a romantic tale and the happy couple were as in love now as they were when they first laid eyes on each other. The husband said, “She was beautiful. She still is.(…)

Today I gained more insights into newspaper interviews, over the phone and face-to-face. In the morning I did two phone interviews. The first call went well but the line was crackly with the second call. Fortunately, I was able to email the remaining questions to the person and she replied almost immediately. I wrote up(…)

Today I gained a glimpse into a few more aspects of the local newspaper business. I spent the first half hour working on a 60th Wedding Anniversary story that Emma Williams gave me. I spoke to the happy couple who are in their 80s and seemed taken aback that Quest were going to run the(…)

Today was a very busy day after another exhausting drive. I don’t know how people do highway driving every day and then manage to put in a full-days work for 5 days/week. & then going home again! I’ve nearly had three accidents trying to change lanes and not noticing cars there. I think I’ll take(…)

I began my internship today at Quest Newspapers at North Lakes. I arrived at about 9:30. North Lakes is located north of Brisbane and is a rapidly growing region. We know this by virtue of the fact that Ikea will be opening out there soon! From where I live it was a 35 minute drive,(…)

My partner is obsessed with Youtube. His incessant watching usually drives me around the twist, however one day he surprised me. He was watching a scene from a documentary. “You study journalism,” gold star for remembering, “watch this”. It was an interview between self proclaimed Nazi, April Gaede, and a journalist who would forever change(…)