I have reached the end of my epic online journalism project. It is 2.30pm on Friday 19th of December 2008, and I feel like my second home is in this Newsroom (probably because i don't actually have a home, seeing as I have been sleeping on numerous friends floors for 3 months). The computer I am sitting in front of remembers my usernames for sites such as Facebook and Hotmail, and I will be sad to release my fingers permanently from these slippery white keys.
I will be going to Australia to continue my studies and hopefully progress my journalistic skills, and I feel that my knowledge in the online journalism world is gradually expanding, culminating in a door stop from Google representatives begging for my services. My feature project, 'The search for the Geezer,' was thoroughly enjoyable and from the outset I was 'well involved' (excuse the Geezer pun). I felt that with my slightly sarcastic writing style, and my obvious intrigue on the topic of Geezer, I had found a nice yet slightly degrading section of society to analyse.
I spent hours on the streets of London questioning the historical origins as well as the future of the Geezer. I crossed boundaries, originally alien to my own personality, and delved into a world of binge drinking and mass debauchery. I met men twice my size with half my intelligence, and socialised with them on a neutral level. I talked football, alcohol, tits, cars and Jenna Jameson, and began subconsciously blurting out Geezer expressions, 'Alright Darlin'' being one of them. So I am truly saddened that this part of the course has come and gone. But one thing is for sure I will never forget Clark Leake-Lyall, well not until I regain my sanity.
Special thanks to Jim McClellan for being a great teacher and a genuinely good bloke.
Photo Source; The love child of Kieran Hill and Kate Winslet
