South London Press

I was at a leaving drinks on Wednesday with my colleagues and although it was a lively and enjoyable affair, the surreal thing about it was that it was for me.
I start at the South London Press on Monday December 8. Theres a faint sadness to be leaving Enfield underneath all of the anticipation for what’s to come, but for the same reason that I’ve watched outstanding former colleagues move on, it’s time for a change.
I’ve been in Enfield for 20 months and was reaching my natural leaping time. I’ll always remember it because it’s a good patch on which I learnt so much about being a good journalist.
It’s where I started out, the place I did the first of many death knocks, the area I came across teenagers wearing stab proof vests and where I grafted the bare essentials of what it takes to perform in the trade.
There’s a lot that goes down in South London, and the Press is going to be an exciting challenge. For a start, it comes out twice a week and covers Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth and Lambeth, which is the area I’m assigned to.
I don’t suspect there's such a thing as a quiet day down there, which is why it sounded like an opportunity not to be missed and I grabbed it.