A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to intern at the Gold Coast Bulletin. It was a tough two weeks as I still had to work, so I was busy for 6 days of the week! However, I absolutely loved the experience and it made me realise that I could be a journalist,(…)
Posts by Amanda Robbemond:
Ethical Journalism and Writing
Currently I have two lives: one as a journalism student, the other as an animal attendant. In the world away from writing, learning and chasing stories, I look after dogs, cats, guinea pigs and rats at my local shelter, cleaning, feeding and showing these homeless animals some TLC before they finally are adopted. All of(…)
Telephobia in the Journalist Student
As a journalist student, you’re expected to make lots of phone calls as part of your training. But what happens if you have phone call phobia, or as it’s also simply known as, phone phobia? (Well, its ‘technical’ name is telephobia). Don’t laugh! It’s a real thing. This makes making a phone call to get(…)