Work Experience at The City of Lincoln Council

So, last week I had work experience at Lincoln City Council Press office, and overall I loved it! I had the opportunity to write so many articles, which was great, as it means more content for my portfolio. I got to release press releases on to the Internet, answered the telephone to journalists, did a little bit of work for their Lincoln magazine, Your Lincoln, that gets delivered to many of the houses in Lincoln, and so much more.

I also went to a press conference, which was something I didn't expect.

I imagined it would be like what you see on the news, all the journalists sat on chairs asking questions and for the photographers to be snapping away, this was far from the case. It was so civilised and more like a little rendez-vous then anything else. I felt a little bit like a rabbit in headlines whilst I was there, as I wasn't sure what I was meant to be doing, so instead I just sat and watched the journalists fight over who was more credible and who would be the first to be interview.

If anything, this past week, has made me more interested in the press office side a lot more, and who knows what lies in the future for my journalistic career.