Hard at work

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!’ stakes. But after three months of freelancing, and in this current climate (as they say) there’s been a lot of time that could’ve been spent twiddling my thumbs, or more realistically watching Diagnosis Murder.

I’ve found though that I have very little monging time. If I’m not working at a radio station I’m generally working on other skills, like web design; generating and responding to commissions; looking for job opportunities…and then sometimes I’ll take pleasure in the fact I’m not working 9-5, 5 days a week, and sit and knit while watching Smallville.

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