Night shifts,breaking news and an action-packed green room: a day in the life of a broadcast journalist
I had my heart set on fitting a journalist in my early teens, when I found a leaflet lurking in the back of a file called “media” in our careers office at my school. I was 21 when I graduated from university with a politics degree, and I was still hell bent on that goal. fragment of me really wanted to be an actress,but I figured there wasn’t money in that, and broadcast journalism seemed the perfect combination of performance and politics. I didn’t know how Id finish it, or but I was certain the journey was bound to be an attractive one.
It took me more than 15 years to get here. My first paid shift was as a reporter for BBC Radio Bristol. Eventually,I moved to London and got a job as breakfast editor with LBC Radio which back then was presented by Anne Diamond and Sir Nicholas Lloyd. That was great training from the very best in the business. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com