by Blick | Dec 20, 2022 | Work
reporting from disaster zones One of the most disorientating consequences of covering a natural disaster is coming home. You go from witnessing a fragile world turned upside down to getting irritated by a delayed Tube train all within the same day. Soon, you’re back...
by Blick | Dec 20, 2022 | Work
social affairs In 2011 I was fortunate enough to be asked to write the first piece for a new Daily Mirror series, called Real Britain, highlighting the divisions caused by poverty in the UK. This was a time of immense optimism in London, as the Olympic Games...
by Blick | Dec 20, 2022 | Work
WILDLIFE When inspirational former Daily Mirror editor Peter Willis instructed me to secure an interview with an ivory poacher it seemed like one of the near-impossible tasks he regularly demanded. Tracking down convicted wildlife criminal John Sumokwo in the Kenyan...
by Blick | Dec 20, 2022 | Work
InterviewS The best training I ever had for interviewing people was hitchhiking around Australia for six months when I was 18. To be a successful hitchhiker, you need to bite your tongue, however offensive or outrageous the comments of the person driving the vehicle...
