Dog with a bone

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:: 00:00

Hi, I'm Janet Murray. And this short episode, isn't really about content, but it's an important message. All the same. When I left teaching to retrain in journalism, I remember one of my favorite colleagues saying she thought I'd make a really good journalist because I was like a dog with a bone. I remember feeling a bit offended at the time, but she was absolutely right.

:: 00:26

The inability to let things go, particularly when something feels unjust or unfair. Well, it's an invaluable quality to have as a journalist, some would say vital, but having the dog, its determination to leave no stone unturned to ask the questions. No one else is asking and to keep on going long after everybody has packed up and gone home. Well,

:: 00:49

you're inevitably going to make a few enemies along the way. I have an affectionate nickname for us dogs with bones, not very imaginative doggie. And you will know if you're a doggy because people are always telling you, you shouldn't care so much. Just let things go or that you're too intense. You need to lighten up a bit, not take things so seriously,

:: 01:13

but when the chips are down, who would you rather have in your corner? The person who says it's best to leave it. I really don't want to get involved or the fearless doggy who will stand their ground and yours too.