Things certainly have a way of coming full circle.
Growing up, I always knew that once school was done, it wouldn’t be long until my mom would pack my sister and I into the station wagon and hit the road from our house in Calgary to visit my grandparents’ farm near Radisson, Sask.
Now, decades later, school is over and I’m going to be spending the summer in Saskatchewan again.
Although, thankfully, this time the trip doesn’t involve seven hours of getting seared half to death on the vinyl upholstery of a 1970s era Oldsmobile with no air conditioning.
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I came to theProducerlast fall on an internship as part of my journalism degree.
I had a great time sharpening my skills, and I learned a lot from the staff here.
More than anything, I was amazed at the variety of topics I was assigned to cover.
When I first got back to school, my classmates and I were swapping stories about our internships. My colleagues had gone to work at news outlets all across western Canada.
Many of them asked if I got bored after four months of just covering agriculture. I was the only one there who could say that I did everything from photograph the prime minister, attend a conference with world-renowned scientists, and visit a cricket farm.
Not bad for just covering agriculture, and certainly not boring.
So naturally, when the opportunity to come back presented itself, I jumped at the chance. I’m looking forward to seeing what stories a summer at theProduceris going to throw my way.
If my previous experience was any indication, it should be an interesting couple of months.
I’m also looking forward to getting back out and meeting moreProducer readers. I always found people friendly when I was out on assignment.
Just mentioning that I was working atThe Western Producerwould usually net a broad grin and someone telling me that they were a third-generation subscriber.
There are really not too many outlets that can claim that level of support and I’m glad to get another chance to, hopefully, be of some service to our readers.
And now to get out and find some good stories …
