Hello fellow Bloggers, I hope your placements have been fun and a real insight for you.
It has been a while since I last uploaded a blog and so much has been happening, time has been flying by!
We have been in the final stages of Walk to Work Day (WTWD), which is happening this Friday! Everyone should be involved!
So over the last couple of weeks, my main duties has included getting stories in the media and encouraging more people to participate, while still liaising with corporates and individuals who have signed up about the day and the different events they will be hosting!
One thing that really amazed me is the lead-time for some stories. I little over a month ago, I spoke with a journalist from Taste, the food and wine segment in the Sunday Times about a story for healthy breakfasts! Then about in late August I went to a photo shoot and interview down at Garden Island for WTWD, as the Navy are strong supporters of WTWD.
Each year they host a huge event with over 700 staff and family walking across the causeway to Garden Island. The Commanding Officer of the Base - Captain Brett Dowsing was being interviewed. It was a great afternoon, the weather turned out to be great and everyone was lovely! This article was published on 19th September, see image!!
This was just one story and most of the others news articles have had a very quick lead time, it is just funny how you don’t really think about this when you are at uni, but it is so important out in the workforce, especially with magazines and publications! Another important thing is calling up the media and pitching a story. All through uni I thought that you would write a press release for news idea you had, and this is probably the case at some places, but pitching the idea over the phone is a great way to get the journalist interested in the story! But you do need to be careful about deadlines and not bothering them at the wrong time.
I have been having an amazing time at my placement and getting to meet some really cool people. Last week I was on a photo shoot with Shaun McManus and his two kids, which was featured in the last Sunday Times, I got to meet a couple of dancers from the WA Ballet for a photo shoot for the West Australian earlier in the month and this afternoon am heading out to meet some stilt walkers.
On Friday I will be attending the event down at HMAS Stirling on Garden Island and it should be a really great day! I will keep you posted!
Bye for now!
Chloe :)
