So tomorrow I turn 21 years of age. It’s all come round so quickly! But asides from that 2010-2011 is a big, big year for me, but I’m more motivated than ever.

This time last year career wise, I was unsure whether stepping into the cauldron that is journalism was the right move for me. The reason for uncertainty came from the fact, course wise I didn’t enjoy my first year in Winchester.

Whilst, taking up a newly hitched subject at the University it was still very much in a transition period when I started awaiting for a firm, structured infrastructure to arrive to fruition, which eventually did come into play last year and even more so now as I’m on the cusp of my third and final academic year.

Initially I was solely into sport journalism. Indeed in many quarters it may be considered the ‘Rolls-Royce’ department of the trade filled with glamour and star attractions. However, following my spell as a local video journalist for all of the last academic year, news journalism, which is very much the foundation stone in the industry got me hooked and since I’ve found it difficult to shrug it off.

News to me, brings variety, opinion, freshness and unpredictability. The opportunity to gain and solidify contacts, becoming adept at knowing the area you work in meticulously and the individual, determined mindset which is needed very much appeals to my senses.

From late September onwards I take up the role of investigative reporter for our university journalism website, and although I’m sure it will be a tough role, life is about challenges and what better way to underline my career credentials by putting as much as possible into the role, here’s hoping it will pay dividends later on.

Motivation, determination and the will to succeed are all characteristics I want to implement in my work and after just recently reading Andrew Marr’s ‘My Trade- A Short History Of British Journalism’ his detailed paragraph on the News of The World’s investigative journalist Mazer Mahmood is enough to churn the clogs of endeavour in anyone.

If your not familiar with him, please, please look him up.