Extracurricular Activities – Source
The Source, our very own Coventry University student newspaper, has always asked us to build our portfolio by submitting stories. I’ve regularly emailed Dez, the editor, about stories, and have had two published articles this year. While this is not as many as some, it is more than others, and building a portfolio is my own personal project and as such I am happy with the two articles so far. It’s an amazing feeling to hold a newspaper with your name at the bottom of it, and a better feeling to see that every single one of my new housemates went out and got the newspaper, some still keeping it, and one even has the article pinned to his wall for some reason. Writing for the Source is good fun.
Also, despite having emailed the Coventry Telegraph, and my local paper the Hinckley Times, I’ve had just one response and no offer for any free work from them, so my work is limited to just the Source for now. Maybe next year I’ll try the Buzz.
