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erviewer: Helio. l'm Simon Young, Express
es, pleased to meet you.
tie: Pleased to meet you. Please, take a seat.
rviewer: Thank you for agreeing to talk to
As I said in my email, we want to do a profile
women in the media for our weekly media
plement.
íe: l'm very flattered to be asked. Fire away.
·e rviewer: OK. l've done my background
'7Search but could you go over your career to
?
tíe: Sure. After university I did a Postgraduate
loma course in Newspaper Journalism and
n worked as a trainee for a local weekly
vspapsr based in Southsea-
rviewer: Sorry to interrupt, but how long
the postgraduate course last and where did
__ do it?
!at:ie: Right. Um ... it !asted a year and I did it in
"diff. A great course but really hard work.
rviewer: Good preparation for journalism!
then?
ie: Right, er, like I said ... after the course,
rked as a trainee for The Southsea Times,
bcal weekly newspaper, for 1 2 months. 1
sferred to another weekly paper, Hatherfield
·a /d, for another 1 2 months, where I worked
3 reporter and then sub-editor. Then I joined
Southern Mait, first as a district news
rter, then the education correspondent,
of the assistant news editors, and finally the
ty news editor. 1 left The Southern Maíl-
rviewer: Sorry to butt in again. You had four
rent posítíons at The Southern Mail?
ie: Yes, that's right.
rviewer: And did you enjoy the positions?
·e: Like any job they had their advantages
disadvantages.
-~rviewer: What exactly were they?
·e: Good experience. Long hours,
rviewer: Then wnat did you do?
-s ie: Then I left The Southern Maíl to work for
Radio Wales, where I produced a series of
,-s programmes including The Afternoon Show .
rviewer: Did you-
ie: Did I enjoy that experience? Let's just say
tlle end I was glad to leave.
rviewer: Could you be more specific?
·e: No. l'd rather not.
rviewer: OK. So then?
ie: Where was !? ... Oh yes ... alter UK Radio
es I got my present job as head of the press
e for Bristol Council - a job which I really
· ,y because of the variety and hours.
rviewer: And your future plans? Wi/I you
tinue as head of the press office or are you
,k ing for a new position?
ie: No. 1 intend to stay here fer quite a while,
l'm still enjoying the variety the job offers.
rviewer: The variety, right. ... So you've been
•olved with the media, and more specifically
spapers, for nearly two decades ...
And now it's time for Everyday Women,
lnterviewer: Have newspapers changed during
your career?
Katie: Yes, especially the content.
lnterviewer: Why do you say that?
Katie: We/I, newspapers have far less in-depth
content now than 20 years ago, with more
emphasis en the lighter, celebrity-based stories.
lnterviewer: And how would you describe the
present newspaper market in the UK?
Katie: lt's a tough market. The majority of
newspapers are not seeing rises in their
circulation any more and ali have had to diversify
and consider how best they might present
their news to their readers. Large newspaper
companies are training tneir reporters to use
camcorders so they can provide footage for
websites. Online news is the way a lot of the
public want to receive information. Then the
newsroom is a difficult place to work at the
moment. Lots of journalists are losing their
jobs because, as rm sure you know, newspapers
don't make money out of editorial but out of
advertising. This means journalists are seen as
quite disposable.
lnterviewer: So, is the era of print newspapers
coming to an end?
Katie: The romantic in me says print newspapers
will always exist, as they are a unique chronicle
of daily life across the globe, and a fantastic
reference for future generations. The pragmatist
in me says it's quite an outdated mode of
receiving information and one which may not
survive the digital age.
lnterviewer: Who is your media inspiration?
Katie: This is a tough question. 1 think Henry
Unten, the veteran foreign correspondent for UK
Radio, is excellent. The best.
lnterviewer: Finally, do you have any advice fer
people starting out in the world of journalism?
Katie: Well, the most important piece of advice 1
can give them is ...
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We've sti/I got Madonna's.Ray of light to play
for you, and a track rrom The Beatles, but
ñrst, the Feo Fighters, Learn to F/y.
2 Let's talk to Jonathan White, our football
correspondent.
3 Male voice: lt's 6 o'cíock on Monday the
24th of September. This is The Morning
Show, with John Gray in London and
Samantha Martín in Bournemouth.
Female voice: Helio. l'm here at the Labour
Party Conference where the Prime Minister
will announce new laws to combat gun crime.
We'II be speaking to the Prime Minister at
ten past eight.
Male voice: And the other news. Vets are
checking more animals to see if there are any
more cases of mad cow disease. Also, anti-
government student protests are planned fer
the capital today and, finally, should robots
look after the elderly?
4 It's 8 o'clock, and you're having breakfast
with me, Amanda Green. Coming up, more
information about the London Jazz Festival,
but now over to the newsroom.
our daily look at women's issues, with Carla
Morris.
6 Here's the second movement of Beethoven's
Emperor Concerto, performed by the Berlín
Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by
Heinrich Erhard.
7 Female volee: l'm Gemma Wilson and
welcome to In Focus, our weekly cultural
documentary. This week, Rahim Anwar
presents a programme about the poet Auden
to mark the centenary of his birth. We're
going to explore his lite, work and popularity.
Male voice: Helio. Auden became the
spokesmen of a generation .
8 l'm Mo Ace and this is a free podcast. This
week's documentary is ali about the music
genius that is Dr Dre.
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You're listening to Radio Australia. l'rn Gil
Brennen and welcome to Cood Morníng
Australia.
2 Here's Bach's Concerto for keyboard in D
majar, performed by Colm Carey.
3 tt's Tuesday the 19th January. This is
Repon. with Bi/I Noles and Justine Welsh.
Sti/I to come in the next half hour, we'II be
interviewing Janie Kirk.
4 That was Coldplay with Viva la vida. Befare
that, you heard Rockstar by Nickelback.
5 This week, John Walsh presents a programme
about finding work on the Internet.
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Dawn Henderson: Good morning, ali. We've
gota lot to do today so let's get straight down
to business. Can we look at the first half-hour
section of the programme? Pe ter, 1 want you to
work on the item about rising house prices. You'II
need to find sorne good examples to illustrate
this. Also, l'd like an interview with an estate
agent and a package with a ñrst-time house
buyer explaining how difficult it is to buy their
first house. Fer the estate agent, contact Pierce
Wright at Homesetler's, he's en our database. As
fer first-time house buyers, l'm sure you'II have
no trouble finding one.
Peter: Too right, 1'II just ask around the office!
Should I also look into the possible increase in
mortgages?
Dawn: Only if it adds to the story. Madeline, can
you deal with the piece about school closures?
l'd like you to invite a leading educationalist onto
the programme. There's a woman at Western
University that we've used befare - Professor
Lyle, 1 think. Also, 1 want you to organise a phone
link-up with parents involved in a protest group
to keep their school open.
Madeline: Do you mean parents plural, or will
one parent be enough?
Dawn: You decide, but remember to keep it
snappy. l'rn going to get in a stringer for the story
en the opening of the latest Picasso Museum in
France. Eisa, you get the story about the recent
forest fires and a possible connection with global
warming. Speak to menas of the Earth, a top
meteorologist, and take it from there.
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