Another week has gone by and I ask myself where it has gone because it went so quickly …
This week has seen me get a little more comfortable in my duties for the Sandton Chronicle. I worked with more press releases and attended a couple of events.
My favourite event this week, and indeed that I have covered in my time here, was when I went with the Asha Trust to visit Bernard Fehon, founder of the CEO SleepOut. I enjoyed talking with a man whose charitable idea has now become an international project. I also particularly enjoyed visiting the daycare centres the trust has developed, as well as seeing all the children at those centres.
When I came back to write my article on the event, I found that I had difficulty. I had pages of notes about what it was like to participate in the CEO SleepOut from Fehon; and I wished to write that I thought that the Asha Trust centres embody what I’ve seen to be a South African value –that you take care of your neighbours.
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However, when you are limited to only 300 words, you can only include so much information and so many quotes.
This kind of experience did serve to make me a better writer, though. It taught me to exclude what I really enjoyed and, instead, made me stick to the basic facts that I knew would explain the event and the purpose of it most clearly.
I am looking forward to continuing my work here and learning more about the different aspects that go into making this community newspaper function week after week – as well as the people who make this newspaper a reality.
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