Journalist, Swindon Advertiser
Covered the full range of traditional news beats, from crime and health, to local parish council meetings and exam results’ days.
Many of my stories made front pages, and the need to fill a daily paper in a relatively small town quickly taught me to value every potential lead, explore original angles and write accurate copy more quickly than my training would have led me to think possible.
I quickly became acknowledged as the newsroom’s go-to data person, and trawling through spreadsheets provided me with a rich seam of previously unreported stories.
Joseph Hook 