Last September I was thrown into the world of being a
journalism student at the University of Lincoln. And it really did feel like a
throw more than a light settling in. Naïvely, I expected that we would do a
load of lectures about how to interview and write news stories then later on in life we’d do the actual
journalism stuff. We had a few lectures but I didn't feel prepared at all. My first assignment was to write 5 news
stories, all with quotes, which meant we had to interview at least 5 people. I’m really not the most confident person so this terrified me. I’ve always
known that journalism is all about the talking to people bit but I assumed when
I got old enough I’d be more confident. But that didn't happen.
