Journalist visits Chailey

Alex Jenkins, a local journalist, visited Chailey today to talk to Year 7 BBC School News reporters and Media students from Years 10 and 11 about her career in journalism and her experiences of working for newspapers and magazines.  She is currently editor of a Sussex and Hampshire lifestyle magazine called etc.  Prior to this she has worked as a journalist for the West Sussex County Times, in Horsham, and the Worthing Herald.  

Alex held workshops for the students in which they were given scenarios about various events which they then had to report on and they were also given themes for magazine articles which they had to develop and present to the class.

After lunch Alex spoke to a  group of students who were interested in a career in journalism.