Journo Junction

Have a very merry paywall Christmas!

The “shit sandwich” speech was taken from what the editor-in-chief told me when I was laid off from my first newspaper gig. True story.

Prince’s Darling Nikki, the full, unedited version.

Your friendly neighbourhood photog

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Single journalist in search of sources … on love

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Surely I’m not the only one who works in a newsroom dotted with towering stacks of old newspapers? You just can’t beat that smell of old, yellowing newsprint. It clings to you, never shaking. Combined with spilled whiskey and vanquished dreams, it’s a defining newsroom fragrance.