I am a
journalist. It’s what I do, it’s what I am. Probably the most defining thing of
who you are is what you do. In my case, that has been linked to several things
in the past decade, all converging into journalism. That’s about to change.
It’s
difficult to change course. Yet sometimes you feel you have reached a wall and
you need to go the other way. That’s not only how I feel now but also how I’ve
felt for the last couple of years. It is the reason why I am embarking into
this new career as a paramedic.
It’s really
recent in my memory but this August marks the 10th anniversary of
the date I consider my baptism into journalism. Back in 2004, ten years ago,
still in my second year in college, I was fed up with no getting responses from
anyone to work, not even as an intern –apparently...