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One of the classes I had to take while in University was one on Investigative Journalism, and it was easily one of my favourite classes, I never missed a lesson and actively enjoyed Dr O'Neill's lectures about the side of journalism where "you get to take down the bad guys". While undoubtedly a romantic view of the profession, I have nothing but respect for investigative journalism and those who engage in it especially as a profession. I was so passionate about the class that I began working on one of the two essays I was meant to submit for the class, immediately. I could've gone for the Arizona Project, a very interesting and important story in its own right, however I simply had to go for Sy Hersh's uncovering of the My Lai massacre. I still remember the lecture that covered this Hersh fellow, and being utterly captivated by it, it was my first time hearing about it but I already knew I wanted to know more. Given my early affinity for Hunter S. Thompson, it...

 While at Napier, for our final year we took part in a module called "Newsdays" where we simulated a newsroom environment, and had a choice between Newspapers, Radio, or Television. I had the chance to submit a number of articles when I found myself in the Newspapers group, on our own website called EN4News, almost all of these were written on the spot (tis the nature of newsrooms) but some like the indoor venue article had a handful of days of preparation behind it. All you need to know about this weekend's Edinburgh Comic Con The Rising Tide: Special Curation for Powerful Museum Exhibit Plans Unveiled for New Edinburgh Indoor Venue 'Fairytale of New York' singer passes away at 65

 This is a collection of the 41 articles I wrote for Edinburgh Napier's news website ENRG, specifically the political section "Debrief". I specialised in international affairs but sometimes dabbled into more local stories, most notably the 2021 Scottish Elections, where I conducted an interview and an opinion poll. Despite my schedule being occupied by studies, lectures and the occasional socialising, I remained quite prolific and at one point, managed to submit at least one article a week. You can read my articles by following this link.