An energetic but solemn Friday in what was my final appearance at the Daily Telegraph offices and, due to the circumstances, I will be prosaic. The major story was at 420pm: the terror attack in Melbourne. Gathering up as much photo and video footage of the attack as possible was front and centre. I was(…)

Day four at The Daily Telegraph To say it was a bit of a wild day is glib. NSW Opposition and Labor Leader Luke Foley resigned at 5.30pm in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct towards an ABC journalist in 2016. His resignation was later than expected, and in a statement shorter than expected.(…)

Day three I attended my first news conference, run by deputy editor Anthony De Ceglie. I received a topic sheet and watched the COS’s and sub-editors report on what they were running for the day and future press. Janet returned from a trip to Gosford and so I was pushed to the outer circle of(…)

On my way to work Rowan emailed me some photos of a hapless rock-fisherman. Requesting I write the copy I got in contact with photographer Peter Lorimer who had now shot the man three times. Eddie Qi, our quirky angler proved difficult to track down as, Lorimer informed me, he had no phone. That said,(…)

Start Date: 5/11/18 Angry Anderson’s son, Liam, had allegedly been murdered by Mathew Flame. This was what I stepped in to on my first day. Mark ‘Moz’ Morri was on the phone and talking to Matthew Dunne at the same time about the death and a lot more that was going on. The amount of(…)

Many well-documented changes occurred in the media with the advent of the Internet, Google and Facebook. Something else that occurred was the invention of the podcast, a far-reaching format that allowed for many voices to be heard, but of great importance was a particular group of people outside the mainstream who gained traction. This loosely(…)

The importance of journalism was reinforced to me last week when I came across the headline: “Hands of my health records, in the name of privacy” (The Australian, July 18). The headline was catchy, I am concerned with privacy and I do enjoy author Janet Albrechtsen’s writing so I forged ahead. A new government initiative,(…)