smileykt. If you google it you’ll find it everywhere. But you’ll notice that down near the bottom of the page, there’s a link to Don’t Stay In. That’s not me. There’s another smileykt out there, and every time I sign up to a website and see the words ‘That username is taken’, I feel like… Continue reading →
2009? That was quite some time ago. What have I been up to since then? Well, I’ve been working. Pretty much non-stop. I am the poster girl for freelance newsreading. But surely you can find the time to write a few words every now and then? Surely that’s what journalists do? Yes, but the other… Continue reading →
Staff journos often ask me what I do when I haven’t got a booking. I think there’s probably a perception that I sit at home waiting for the phone to ring. Now, there’s an element of truth in that – it’s hard to beat getting a phone call/text/email from a news editor in the ‘yay!’… Continue reading →