Rune Soup cover image

At Work In The Ruins | Dougald Hine

Rune Soup

00:00

How I Succeeded in Journalism

I was offered a clear runner to staff job at the BBC by the managing editor. 12 hours later I'm leaving the station last person to lock up at night having been doing a story about UFOs and ghosts when my phone rings. It's my oldest friend saying you know how you always said that if the spare room in our flat came up we should give you first refusal. Well my my housemate's done a bunk and she's not been paying the rent and the landlord's going to kick us out if we don't find someone else. Do you want to move to London? And so I was literally presented within 12 hours in these two choices like secure career position at the BBC moved to

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app