Passion and hard work are the only requirements to break into journalism
Having discovered her passion for journalism at five years old, winner of the 2017 Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship Lydia Bilton describes her experiences during her first year as a journalist and shares what she learned about breaking into the industry.
I was just five when I had my first taste of storytelling. It was a sweltering, bright summer’s day in my hometown, Moree — a small cotton-farming community in North-West NSW.
That day I was at the local swimming pool with my mum, trying to find some reprieve.
While splashing about in the cool corner of the pool, I remember spying a glamorous lady wearing a broad brimmed hat.
She carried a microphone with a Marantz recorder draped over her shoulder.
