Through my experiences I have learned that the first impression is one the most important things when introducing yourself. I therefore followed my own advice and I think my first day wasn’t so bad! I have started working for the Sunshine Daily Coast Daily at 9am and finish at 5pm. When I arrived there I(…)

“You’re a rock star, Paul,” said reporter Paul to Mayor Paul Pisasale as he answered questions from school children after today’s council meeting. It’s day 2 at the QT, the oldest surviving provincial newspaper in Queensland, but for the Mayor, Ipswich is growing beyond its provincial roots. During council, Mayor Paul has passed on a(…)

Once more into internship, the first day started with a malfunctioning alarm, leaving my mobile at home, go card scanners scamming me and a train that went so slowly it actually moved backwards at one point. Surprisingly it bothered me little, and I arrived just on time. After the usual introduction I was assigned a(…)

It’s sad that I couldn’t think of a better title than this but hey, here we go. So the longest Celine Dion song I have ever heard played while I waited to be shown in to see Lea, the Manager. I swear it went for a full seven minutes. The place smelt like pine and(…)

I recall of a day where my father drives us to  Aspley Hypermarket, we do some shopping, we walk out with our groceries, putting it in the car and then driving off  towards Rode Road where we would make a stop at the petrol station. I didn’t know then that 15 years from that time we(…)

The final weekend of my internship at the ABC went by in a flurry. I started my Saturday morning by checking out all the stories the ABC had been running during the week and in the early hours of the morning. Then I was headed off with Karen Berkman to try and track down former(…)

As my internship progressed, I figured out that going in on the weekends was a better bet for me in terms of having lots of tasks to do. The executive producer on the weekend had a lot more time to assign me things to do and I didn’t have to feel so much like I was interuppting(…)

When I first walked into the ABC Brisbane newsroom, I must admit it was slightly daunting. The whole floor was wall-to-wall with busy journalists, and the editors, subs and exec producers were mixed right in. It was hard to know who was who. Who did I report to? Who did I ask questions of? In the end, I just started(…)

It’s a scary thought realising how much time has passed in your own life. Through your childhood and your teens your life seems endless with possibility. And then as you enter your twenties although you are still young you sometimes receive a bit of a shock as to how much time has passed since certain(…)

Where has the time gone? I know I haven’t blogged AT ALL about my internship, (barring one post!), but to be honest it has been a fairly full on two weeks and school and the ABC have had to take a backseat. During our break a very dear friend of mine passed away, and it(…)

Well, I wrote this about two weeks ago now and didn’t get around to posting it, so here it is now…update coming up! So I have been up since 4.30 this morning, and am slightly delirious as I write this post but I know if I don’t do it now I may never get around(…)

You’re probably looking at my title and thinking I’m an idiot. But there’s good reason. I’m sitting on level 1 of the RACQ building in Fortitude Valley. Its a motoring/ anything magazine with an Australias Best Cars judge on hand so my top Gear reference’s are valid. I am about to finish my internship at(…)