This is my new blog that i'm hoping will shortly be holding its own on the alexa rankings. I wasn't really getting along with tumblr so I thought seeing as this will be my first blog of the new year a change of blogs was in order badda bing badda bong here I am.
So today we were treated to a visit from Andrew Napier a local journalist famous for being able to concoct several news worthy stories from what i gather was a very mundane council meeting. He came in and gave us an idea of what he is expected to do as a local reporter covering the Winchester area. He had a lot of interesting stuff to share with us and it was evident he was a good journalist so naturally i wondered why he had decided to stick to local reporting as oppose to working for the more glamorous national papers. He responded by telling us an anecdote which essentially expressed his belief that national reporters act immorally in order to get stories which he wasn't prepared to do. I thought that was a fair enough answer but he did seem to be harbouring some very negative feelings towards national papers which interested me so as a journalist i thought i'd investigate ;) to see where this bitterness stemmed from, however i had no luck, but i did find Andrew's blog in which he talks alot about walking his pet Jack Russel 'Esme'.
So Pretty poor journalism on my behalf there unless you're interested in that sort of thing maybe the Marley and Me fans might enjoy it who knows? Nonetheless a good experience as prior to this I haven't had the opportunity to speak to an active Journalist and I think everyone came out of the talk feeling a little more enlightened. I think maybe a talk from someone who works for a national paper would definitely offer an interesting contrast to Andrew, hint hint.
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