I’ve always been interested in journalism. When I was younger, I fancied the idea of reporting on stories around the world. However, as fate would have it, I never ended up pursuing it.
It wasn’t for want of trying, though. While I was an undergraduate student, I discovered that my International Business professor used to write for The Economist. Intrigued, I asked him about how the experience was and he ended up writing for them in the first place. Later on, he told me that he knew a New Zealand journalist who covered New Zealand for The Economist Intelligence Unit, and that if I were interested, I could meet him to discuss possibly writing for them.