A Cunning look back of 30 days which have changed
my life over the past 30 years
Day 19: 1st February 2007
– I did what i had to do.
‘There comes a time, where a man should
be accountable for his actions’.
Evening all,
Life for me when i moved to Nottingham was starting to move forward, i
was on an education course which i was really enjoying.
I was working with people who i respected as fellow journalists
including a fantastic course leader called Barnie. I was enjoying life on my
own from my family for the first time and I also had a chance of being in relationship
with someone who really liked me.
Life for me was looking pretty rosy – then all of a sudden i was told by
the banks that i was not going to get the financial help that i needed to stay
on the course.
This was a massive blow; I felt that for the first time my dream of me
being a reporter was totally unrealistic. Although there was a chance i can
stay for the whole year and try to get the finances later in the year, i decided
to take the heart breaking decision to leave the course.
The day of the decision was the 1st February 2007 – which in
the NTU calendar was the halfway point of the year. But for me there was one
last hurrah on my behalf. It was time to finish off semester 1 with my
colleagues and it was time for the news day trial.
I was given the task of reporting on a new social online programme and
its impact on the people of the East Midlands. I did a really creative report
which i morphed into an avatar from the programme.
The feedback i got from that report i did with the team still stays with
me today. To do a really creative and eye catching news report and seeing it
branded as a ‘pure genius’ report was emotional for me to hear.
When the programme finished, Barnie broke the news to the team that i
was leaving the course, there were a few people who was upset that I was
leaving but there were a couple of people who just didn’t give a S*** about me leaving.
I would mention names but I’m not that bitter over me leaving as it was my
decision to leave.
Me with the NTU CBJ MATV class of 2006-07
I still keep in contact with most of the guys from the year i had to drop
out of. Some of these people have moved onto local radio and even a couple
have made the limelight of working for ITV and the BBC and abroad on international stations like CBC in Canada.
What still gets me upset to this day was that i was working with people who
have moved onto bigger and better things and to be associated with that group
for one semester at least proved to me that i do have what it takes to be a
reporter/journalist but it will take me longer to achieve it.
Looking back i still feel it was the right thing to do, but the decision of leaving totally f***** me up for a long time after the decision.
Sadly for me there were still darker days to come,
To be continued....
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