Yesterday I met Frances Whiting, a loud talking, bubbly feature writer with a penchant for winking across the office desk partitions. She’s hard not to pay attention to when she walks into a room as she has this energy that shoots out from her like lazer beam. I liked her instantly. She invited me to come(…)
Day 4 – Court, cosey comforts and cringe
I woke up to a extremely icy morning which seemed to last almost the entire day. Arriving at work so I can attend the news conference is tough work. I am most definitely not a morning person. I have developed a relationship with the lovely man who pours me a strong coffee each morning(…)
newshuntergatherer
Yesterday, I was at a café in Toowong having coffee, waiting for my partner. A well-dressed young man, sitting at a table with a folder in front of him, seemed vaguely familiar. But I was too busy hating Centrelink to pay much attention. When my partner showed up, we stood at the edge of the(…)
Internship Day 8: What’s a fact box?
After all the excitement of the Prof visiting yesterday, it was a routine day today. One photo shoot, vox popping session and continuing work on stories at the desk. My photo shoot was for a little profile story on a local keen representative on the transport minister’s Public Transport Advisory Group. A quick dash to the arriving train(…)
“Ipswich News, Aba speaking.”
The week has flown by and I agree that it would’ve been much better if I had spent 2 weeks rather than 1, but nonetheless I’m having so much fun! I haven’t been able to write any earlier as I don’t have internet at home and I am always busy here. So here goes… Monday(…)
now i kinda feel like a shit person…you’ll get used to that – Monday
Today I had the priviledge of going along to an interview Trent Dalton was conducting. According to Sandra, everyone in the office would ‘just love’ to go out on an assignment with Trent. We were going to Recliffe to interview a couple who have opened a school in Cambodia. We arrived at this massive Queenslander across(…)