Open It Out

I never forget my early days as a snotty nosed teenager- fixated with the inner workings of a newsroom. It wasn’t that I was freakishly concerned with how the story was made- I was more encapsulated by how a person could get to be on TV or radio. My first time in a radio newsroom I was made keenly aware that it wasn’t all about look; it was more about the context of a story which mattered the most. I was 17 when i first came across an equally geeky individual, Adam Ledwith, who shared my passion for the look of Sky News- back when they where good. I wasn’t at the time directly working within the newsroom but I found myself finding home at the political correspondents desk to answer and make calls for the late night talk show I interned on. At 17, I thought I knew it all; it was all about image right? Wrong. You had to actually write news which tough work, broadcasting it was even tougher. Over the course of two years I learned alot- from the construction of a story to the importan

Well Easter is here again and another nice long bank holiday in front of us! For some reason I seem to be getting fearful due to the fact that I have nothing planned to do over the weekend! I know a lot of people have plans, nothing crazy but going home to family etc. I live near my family so going home to see them is not out of the ordinary!Why so fearful to just 'be'? I think it is because I am always running around and when I have time off I feel like I have nothing to do and that I should be doing something! These weekend do not come around often enough and there is always a feeling that you should make the most of them, go away, take a day trip. Can I just put my feet up and take it easy? Should I be going on some lovely long killer hike...eh maybe not! Does anyone else ever have a problem with switching off and just taking a weekend like this and just go with the flow? It is something I need to work on.....I will keep you posted!