Assalamualaikum and hi there,
June 16, 2008 at exactly 9am..I was so nervous to start that day as I walking through the door at Balai Berita, NSTP Jalan Riong, Bangsar.
I will remember that day as the first day of my life being journalist for Malay Mail (although at that time, Malay Mail was "ditched" and "dumped" by it's "mother", NSTP).
During that day, OC at that time Mr Umakanthan assigned me to PJ Magistrate Court to cover any court cases that have human interest element and at that time I had to figure out how to define human interest as all the hearing at the court are about illegal VCD peddlars.
(only God knows how blur I am at that time!!I really don't have any knowledge about Court reporting)
So I waited there from morning until the court session is over(it really boring!!) and I talked to the defence lawyer and the prosecution attorney about the case that they handling and I managed to get both of the information.(although,I was first nervous and don't know what to do! and almost runaway from the session)
Then when I came back to the office, the desk said the courts session is just my learning session and what I wrote about the session never came out and that's was my first debut about journalism in Malay Mail.(You gotta Do-It-Youself(DIY)) so that you can really be a tough journalist here.
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June 16, 2009..which is six days ago..marked my first anniversary with Malay Mail and we are also have move out from the sacred Balai Berita to our new office at Dataran 3 Dua,Jalan 19/1,PJ..
I also now is a crime reporter for Malay Mail crime desk...many bittersweet experiences I had gain and face with this newspaper although sometimes I really hate it & get piss.. but the bottomline is..NEWS MUST GO ON & IT WILL NEVER END..
HAPPY BELATED 1st ANNIVERSARY..
Cheers!
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