On the life of a local government reporter
"Cumbria Journo" Ellis Butcher has an amusing (and largely accurate) piece on the "Hold the Front Page" site about the life of a local government reporter which you can read here.
The comments section is full of posts from retired journalists asking what's new.
I think most of them missed the bit about WiFi - and actually, one thing which is new is that you can now get decent WiFi in many Cumbria County Council buildings including County Hall, which was not the case when I was elected to CCC in May 2017.
Reading the piece reminds me of what eventually happened to one of the journalists who used to cover the first council I was elected to back in my twenties. As he reached retiring age he got fed up sitting on the sidelines and approached us about standing for the council himself - and was duly adopted and elected.
You never know what may lie in your future, Ellis! See you at the next Full Council.
The comments section is full of posts from retired journalists asking what's new.
I think most of them missed the bit about WiFi - and actually, one thing which is new is that you can now get decent WiFi in many Cumbria County Council buildings including County Hall, which was not the case when I was elected to CCC in May 2017.
Reading the piece reminds me of what eventually happened to one of the journalists who used to cover the first council I was elected to back in my twenties. As he reached retiring age he got fed up sitting on the sidelines and approached us about standing for the council himself - and was duly adopted and elected.
You never know what may lie in your future, Ellis! See you at the next Full Council.
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