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#88: Toby Young, journalist and author

Always Take Notes

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How I Made My Way to Journalism

I started writing for the National Press when I was still a student. When I left, I got a job as a news trainee at the times. The reason I didn't last longer than that is because every morning when I came into work, I would try and log on to the internal computer system as the editor in chief. And I thought I can have some fun here. So I sort of wreaked havoc, masquerading as the editor for about a week. Then the sort of IT police, the internal IT police tracked down the miscreant. And I was summoned to the managing editor's office. Instead, I was greeted by a security guard and handed the contents of

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