Filed under: politics, The Journo files | Tags: money, quotes, stories, trains
I find nothing more spine-tingling or perspiring inducing than going up to people or ringing people for quotes to enhance my story. However I thoroughly enjoyed getting quotes for my train overcrowding story.
The story was a happy accident as were the quotations because I was there involved in the ongoing action, one of thousands across the country feeling the wrath of the trains. I felt a part of the news itself as I stood there in a sardine like fashion with all the rest of my school of unhappy train travellers on a platform not quite big enough to fit all of our frustration and anger.
similar to my train carriage..
By gaining quotations and being a part of the story in such away took a lot of the pressure off, because I was experiencing it. Talking to strangers wasn’t as difficult because we were all in the same boat, hoping and praying that our train would come and that there would be a seat waiting for us.
I felt that it was a worthwhile story to write due to the fact that so many people were affected by the trains failures – including me! It let me have the chance to address mine and the other people who were also on the platform concerns about the state of a train service that we pay a lot of money to use.
I really had to bite my lip to not make it too personal! £70 to wait on a cold, damp platform for an hour and then the added extra of an adrenaline fuelled hunt for a seat. BARGAIN!
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