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Hi.

I'm Nadine. Thanks for stopping by. The floors are creaky, the kids are loud, but the door's always open and the coffee's always on.

Make yourself at home.

Writing from Home: Journalism 101

I didn't go to journalism school.

It's no secret. Every résumé I send out lists my educational background: BA in Drama, Postgraduate diploma in TV Writing and Producing.

Still, my career appears to have a mind of its own.

(Name that movie: "It's this brain of mine, it's always makin' mistakes…It's got a mind of its own.")

So instead of dolling up for the Emmys, I'm typing away most days of the week, double-checking sources, pitching ideas to editors and spewing words at a rate I never thought I'd be able to handle.

And now I'm booking interviews, eager to chat with politicians and public figures who I fear will see right through me.

"What kind of question was THAT? You didn't go to journalism school, did you?"

Nope. I didn't go to journalism school.

But I'm a journalist.

It just feels a little weird to admit it.

Louis the Fish

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