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I used to be a journalist.

I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader.

Well I just always wanted to be a newspaper reporter.

I have been a print reporter my whole career. It's all I ever wanted to be. I specialize in political profiles. I have probably profiled hundreds of people over the years, people in very powerful positions. People don't always like what I write, but most people still talk to me.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.

I started as a news photographer at the University Of Texas' Daily Texan.

I had a good job as a printer in the East End. Before the unions destroyed it, that job was very lucrative.

I thank God I was a reporter before I became a writer.

I used to be a photographer - and now I'm some kind of digital photographic artist.