I’m sitting at my desk and I can’t think of anything I’m really annoyed about.
This might be a first. Like in my whole life.
I’m a remarkably opinionated person. I know, you never would have guessed that.
You know what I’m sad about though? The lack of events we’ve attended this year.
I know it might seem hard to believe from my weekly rants, but I’ve always been a bit shy and attending events was something I thought I might actually struggle with as a journalist.
But I found I just really love getting out amongst our community. Maybe it’s you, maybe you’re all just remarkably delightful. I know I didn’t enjoy attending events for the university paper half as much.
I’ve really missed the small community events we normally get to attend which have unfortunately been cancelled recently due to the Omicron wave.
So please, always let us know when there’s an event we might be able to attend and cover. It’s one of the great joys of the job.
I know we have a couple we’ll hopefully attend this weekend, but we always appreciate a call or email letting us know when something is going on.
We’d also love to hear your thoughts on the recent Southern Living edition.
Emily and I are very proud of the new edition, which was inserted in last week’s paper but will also be around town for the next few weeks.
Previously the magazine was looked after by another journalist, with a couple of contributions from our journalists, but we’ve brought it back in-house this year.
We’re full of passion and ideas for the magazine, and hope you will love it as much as we do.
This month’s edition contains more recipes and a bigger entertainment section than previous editions, and also contains one of my favourite stories I’ve covered so far in the region, focusing on Percy’s Fruit and the recent changes happening there.
We’re committing to having the magazine belong to the community just like our paper does, and would love your ideas and contributions.
-Mini Tassell
