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June 14, 2007
Alarms, frustration and pride...
It's been one of those days further disrupted by the second evacuation of Gazette House due to the fire alarms going off in successive days.
Thankfully it was yet another false alarm which seems to have been triggered off by workmen re-fitting the shop below us but again it caused some disruption to several of the papers we were still working on from a production point of view.
That apart, I have been dealing with all kinds of problems all day, none of them actually related to the Gazette, and consequently have had little time to catch up with the newsdesk over next week's edition.
However, what is turning out to be a highly frustrating day should improve by this evening when I am going along to our sister paper the Ealing Gazette's Pride in Our People Awards at the Ramada Hotel in Ealing.
Like the Uxbridge Gazette's Local Heroes Awards these events are always hugely enjoyable as the unsung heroes of the community are honoured for a number of tremendous achievements.
And I shall enjoy the evening even more as, unlike the Uxbridge awards, this time it's not me but my colleague at Ealing Shuz Azam's turn to make a speech.
In what is turning out to be an extremely busy week tomorrow I am off to the Reigate office for the day. Along with Ian Carter, editor of the Croydon Advertiser, I will be interviewing budding journalists who are hoping to win a sponsored place on our training scheme, which involves spending 16 weeks at a training centre in Newcastle.
It promises to be a long day but it can also be extremely rewarding when you come across a real gem of a person who has all the makings of becoming a highly successful reporter - that would certainly brighten my week up.
Posted by aseal at June 14, 2007 3:20 PM