I was originally going to train as a journalist, passing a series of exams that winnowed ten thousand applicants down to one hundred places on a National Union of Journalists course.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it.
I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise.
I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.
I used to be a journalist.
When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters News Agency. I applied, and, to my amazement, I got the job.
There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.
I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college... I did other things.
And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse.
I wanted to be a fashion journalist and went to the London College of Fashion to do a journalism and promotion course.
Journalism classes would have been interesting to me.