It’s almost the end of my internship and I think I’m well and truly settled in.  I mean, I still get nervous and everything, but I generally feel like I know what I’m doing.  Huzzah!  Wednesday I was able to steal a whole 40 minutes from the editor and managed a hard-hitting interview.  She was(…)

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(…)

  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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

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(…)

  What a crazy 24 hours I’ve had! Where do I begin?! So, I finished my blogging of yesterday’s activities at mX HQ and headed out for a lovely meal at ‘Spaghetti Tree’ an Italian place that I’ve had a few meals at in the past and my uncle played guitar at when he was(…)

The week started with the realisation (not uncommon with Mitch’s) that a week is far too short to settle in to an internship. The time frame is simply too narrow to properly familiarise yourself with the publication’s style, etiquette and methodology. After the first week, which was ensconced firmly in naivety and awkwardness, I managed(…)

NC was different today as the CoS and editor was away. The CoS had a day off as she had worked a weekend day and the editor was away at a meeting until lunch. So the NC was chaired by the senior reporter. It was a bit more a of relaxed, jokey feel. I pitched an idea gathered from a local resident and it(…)

I have never been so nervous in my life, when I had my first day at Quest Mt Gravatt which covers the Southern Star, South-East Advertiser and Wynnum Herald. However I would be doing most of my work for the SE Advertiser. I was shown around the place on Monday by the South-East Advertiser Editor,(…)

KABLAM! My morning began with a bang – the roll of defeaning thunder and the ensuing  hail storm immediately dampening the day’s prospects. Nevertheless, by the time I left the house, the sun was peeping out from behind the clouds and I felt brave enough to leave the house without a jacket. On reaching the(…)