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A Tour of Le Monde
Exploring the newsroom of France’s biggest newspaper
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.
Naturally, I was delighted by the opportunity. And so we organised a time where the three of us would meet up and talk about The Economist.
A few days later, however, I discovered that the meeting that I thought was going to happen in a few days’ time…had already happened. Somehow, I had managed to get the date wrong, and so the day I thought it would take place had already passed.
And just like that, I had created an opportunity and then blown it in one fell swoop.
I must admit that at that moment I felt regretful and more than a little stupid. I…
