And so the story continues

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(…)

The last hoorah

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(…)

The last hoorah

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(…)

So long and farewell to Australia

So long, farewell, and to next year’s students, good luck. It has been a great year, but despite that, I’m ready to go home. My internships have ranged from Whitehorse, Yukon in Northern Canada to Launceston, Tasmania–about as far apart as I could possibly get–and I’m travelled out. It is time to curl up by(…)