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Hold The Front Page…

December 11th, 2009 Posted in Career

…because I’m on it.

Since joining MCV almost exactly one year ago, I have had a few of box outs and secondary stories on the front cover (I can think of three of the top of my head), but this week is the first week I have written the main cover story.

True, my colleagues have written dozens over the course of 2009. Also true, it’s a story about the annual MCV Retail Survey, so not only is it one that was guaranteed a prominent spot to begin with, it’s also not the same as discovering and nurturing my own scoop.

But I don’t care. It’s a step in the right direction. I’ve said on this very blog many times that news has often been my greatest failing, and over the last three or four months, I like to think I’ve improved considerably – now I have a cover story to (sort of) prove it.

With my own trumpet well and truly blown, check out this week’s issue yourself to see that I’m not making this up.

  1. 4 Responses to “Hold The Front Page…”

  2. By Jen on Dec 11, 2009

    Congrats! :)

  3. By TheClaw on Dec 12, 2009

    Well done matey - it’s a worthy milestone to mark. Hope you marked it with an appropriate refreshment :)

  4. By Anthony on Dec 13, 2009

    Nice one mate, it’s always nice when you can achieve stuff like that :) Something that you can really shove in front of someones face and say ‘LOOK WHAT I DID!’

  5. By Sinan Kubba on Dec 13, 2009

    Had a quick read, James - it’s great, well done. It’s a fantastic step forward, here’s to many more.

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