… Well, I’m technically not fat, just pregnant, but I am huge so I’m clearing my throat and bursting into song! Why? It’s finally all over – my shorthand evening class ha… more →
Life gets in the way...wrote 3 days ago: Having blogged about a lot of serious events recently, I thought I’d relax a little and write … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Hello! Here it is, the shorthand post I’ve been promising! As you may recall, I’ve alrea … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: This is sort of a repost/elaboration on my earlier post on shorthand, but I wanted to make a post on … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Hello! The shorthand post has arrived! Shorthand is terrifying, at first. Even once you’ve mas … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Hello! I am now officially a trainee journalist! I started the course yesterday, and I met my course … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I have no idea what this says... I’m teaching myself shorthand. Now, I’m absolutely rubb … more →
wrote 3 months ago: So I finished my course at News Associates, the journo school where I spent five months feeling like … more →
wrote 3 months ago: In The Netherlands some employers offer their employees the ability to take a day off if they have … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Got so busy yesterday that I forgot to update the blog. At least I managed to finish two out of thre … more →
wrote 4 months ago: OK, for people who want to learn shorthand online, sometimes looking for material can be a wild goos … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Today, with the advent of computers and pocket recorders, shorthand has largely fallen out of popula … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It’s that time of year again. The time of panic… First of all, I’ll tell you how I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In my quest to become a super amazing journalist, I decided that a course in shorthand would be help … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The most common form of shorthand used by New Zealand journalists is Teeline Shorthand. I’m cu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Racy stuff: Blyton is a constant source of inspiration for the NCTJ If you are a youth-hating, thug- … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Hooray for Teeline shorthand, my new love! I’ve found, at last, a new challenge and something to lea … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Here I hope to offer up some of my personal experiences of journalism that could help those consider … more →
wrote 1 year ago: About five years ago a friend of mine gave me a book which I knew one day would be very important t … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve gone and recorded a mix. It was off the top of my head and unplanned, consequently, there … more →