Recently I had the pleasure of going to Holmwood Public School to talk to the year one and two children about what it is like to have the best job in the world- what it is like to be a journalist.
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The students, who are learning about workers in the community in HSIE, were thrilled to have a visitor in the classroom.
I was slightly nervous, I must admit, as I hadn't really planned what I was going to say and had to jot some things down on my trusty notepad as I sat outside the school in the car.
I walked through the front gates and to the stage one classroom, via the front office and was greeted by 18 smiling faces and I was no longer nervous.
I asked the children what they thought a journalist's job was.
"You take our photos and write down our names," one child said.
"And you come to schools and talk to the children," another said.
They were right, but they soon found out that taking photos of children at school is just one part of my job.
As a journalist I get a front row seat to life, I watch as politicians debate ideas and magistrates hand down decisions. I watch the good work of people in volunteer organisations, like the Rural Fire Service, Country Woman's Association, Rotary and Lions.
I see the hard work the community put in to projects and I get to hear people's stories, and see a glimpse into the past which has helped to shape their lives.
As a journalist I have huge responsibilities. I have to make sure I give the community the news they need, not just the news they want. It is my job to advise them on what is happening within their town.
Being a journalist in 2014 is challenging. We compete against so many other organisations, especially as a newspaper journalist in a country town like Cowra.
We break news stories every day. We follow key issues from start to finish and we do all the ground work to ensure our community has the best local news every day.
Sometimes when we see some larger news networks swoop in and do a small story on one of Cowra's big events it can be disheartening. They prepare a minute and a half or less for the big bulletins, but then never talk about the issue again.
Another challenge we face, as journalists in this day and age is the challenge of web first, print later.
That is, indeed how the industry is being geared, however, as a journo, there is nothing more exciting then walking down the street and hearing someone amazed by a story they have read in the paper that morning.
There is something nice about everyone being able to receive the same news at the same time in the print version.
There are some hard days, days where you might not feel like baring witness to the goings-on in the world, like bush fire season, where you watch as flames whip through the bush, destroying everything in its path.
Turning up to accidents, and disasters is always hard too. As we leave the car to speak to police we are looking for a facial expression that says no fatalities, or everyone escaped without injury.
It is often a ten second walk which feels like minutes, and as the officer speaks you just hope you don't recognise a name.
Journalists are not always popular. We show society at her best, and her worst. We struggle against those who want us to fail, and fight for those without words.
Social media has changed the face of journalism; we now have news breaking over twitter in less than 140 characters.
Social media allows the whole world to listen to the voices of a few. It is dangerous because everything said on social networking sites is public, and once the author presses enter it is out there for the whole world to see.
I love being a journalist, as I told the children at Holman Place School. I love the challenge of finding good sources, and digging up amazing stories.
I love watching the community work together and grow, and I love working on the school news, seeing the wonderful humans who will one day be our future.
I wake up most days and I am glad to be a journalist- I believe I have the best job in the world. When the students asked me if they too should be in the media I told them they should do what they think is the best job in the world.
When you wake up and go to sleep with the best job ever, the challenges don't seem so bad.
The students at Holmwood had excellent behaviour, and enjoyed flicking through the newspaper as I explained the different sections.
I would like to thank stage one for having me and for being so well-behaved.