Posts Tagged ‘media students’

‘Are you happy?’

Posted: December 16, 2011 in journalism
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A former colleague, and now a good friend, called in the morning to tell me about a story which he thought I could do, or get done for the newspaper I work with. His next comment was interesting. “Are you happy?” If I was, he said, it didn’t show in my blog posts. I reflected [...]

It’s been six years since I quit the print media and floundered into Information Technology, Corporate Communication and teaching – I don’t want to call it ‘academics’ because I don’t think I am qualified to call myself an ‘academic’. But, recently, I returned to the scene of the crime (metaphorically speaking), which I had left [...]

The fear of flying….

Posted: September 19, 2010 in journalism
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Just the other day I met a publisher who asked me to work on a 50-page English magazine for the youth – a serious magazine which would talk about positive thinking, career, and personality development but with a few ‘light’ features, without any stress on fashion, gossip, scandal or films. The gentleman also has a [...]