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Hi y鈥檃ll.

Well, I have recently become 大象传媒 Stoke鈥檚 Blast local music reporter for the next 2 months, and I can not believe how lucky I am.

My name is Zoey Mulliner, I鈥檓 20 years old and I am a 鈥榖orn n bred鈥� Stokie.听 In September I will be in my final year at Staffordshire University, finishing a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
I have always been interested in a media related career. From wanting to steal Fearne Cotton鈥檚 many jobs to the excitement and maybe danger (if you got caught) of becoming an investigative journalist.

Every school report said I was far too chatty and needed to shut up and concentrate more, so you would think that with a mic in hand I would be well away. I wasn鈥檛.
When I was sent out into Hanley town centre for the first time to get vox pops for our radio programme, I felt sick. Approaching complete strangers with a microphone and trying to get a half decent answer is awful. And the rejection has to be taken with a pinch of salt, else I would have become an insecure, recluse by now. With a camera it鈥檚 even worse! They cross over to the other side of the road or walk in a different direction completely.
I now just convince myself, 鈥淚鈥檒l never see them again anyway,鈥� which makes the whole situation less awkward.

I鈥檓 hoping that this experience will give me a few inside tips and tricks to make me a more confident reporter (and if I鈥檓 being honest, so I can be top of the class when I get back!)

As your Blast music reporter, I want to provide you with new music that has been home grown in the Potteries and surrounding areas, and ultimately promote our bands and artists. I believe the county isn鈥檛 taken seriously enough for the talent that is produced here.

Let鈥檚 show the rest of the country we have more to offer than just Robbie Williams鈥�