I have had a week on the Sport's Desk of my local paper, The Argus and prior to that I was working in Wimbledon for SportsBeat who have ties with The Football League Paper and The Rugby Paper.
I loved all of it.
A particular highlight was interviewing one my favourite Albion players, Glenn Murray. I am very proud SB editors Craig Chisnall and Steve Bond put faith in me to talk to my hero without sounding like a mouse interviewing Mr Babybel (cheezy simile, I know.) I almost asked, "Hey, Muzza, would you like come to my birthday party?"
Whilst working for SportsBeat I volunteered to be Burgess Hill FC's match reporter for their final game of the season. It was a beautiful sunny day and everyone I met, from the fans to the ticket sellers, was friendly, loved their club and during the game I had good banter with the pitch side reporter, Dave.
On top of that, I got my match admission for free and even got a slice of cake and cup of tea at half time.
Living the dream...
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| Burgess Hill FC's press box |
The Argus guys were great to me as well. Editor Chris Giles despite having the countenance of Jack Dee was very approachable and made me feel at home very quickly. I spent most of my week helping Mike Legg with his Youth In Action weekly supplement. Leggy not only taught me a lot and despite being a Derby County fan, was a top bloke. Thanks also to Howard Griggs for putting his trust in me and writing an awesome reference for my portfolio.
Here are some of my online bylines...
http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/18892.php
http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/18917.php
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