I survived week one

So that’s it. I made it to the end of my first week – four days to be precise. I met loads of interesting and friendly people, lots of things about working in a Newsroom were familiar, lots of things were very different.

Everyone was very helpful and made me feel very welcome. But at times my head hurt as I tried to get to grips with different language services, sponsored content, branded content, magazines and all types of differen editorial shows and products.

I’m not sure I would have got through the week without the help of Ali Ihsan Aydin – my digital colleague. Showing me how the canteen works, the coffee machines work, my computer works and putting up with all my stupid questions. He has been a godsend.

I finished my working week with a session learning how to use the content managment system. It is quite straightforward but I’m sure I’ve forgotten it all already.

And I made my first bit of real impact.