Part One:
It felt like a completely different world peering through
the glass revolving doors of Northcliffe House - home of some of the UK's most established newspapers. I was there for my internship at The Independent Online and
was greeted on arrival by a bodyguard who asked to check my bag. The queue to reception was long but I
waited patiently, watching the free stacks of newspapers diminish one by one. The woman at the check-in gave me a name badge next
to the words “Work Experience” and phoned up to the Online Editor who would be
meeting me upstairs in the atrium. I was
directed towards the escalator and as I began to climb it I could see a wide panorama
of businessmen and women, drinking coffee as they spoke intently to their
colleagues. I felt like I was entering a
new world of shiny glass walls and grandiose plants which perched in every
corner of the illustrious building. Water ran off the marble walls in fountains and I couldn't help but think I was in some sort of interior rainforest. The
tables glinted as if they were made up of a thousand tiny mirrors and I could smell freshly baked croissants coming from a nearby
canteen. A stately glass elevator on my left was surrounded by journalists discussing the day's agenda. A spiral staircase lead up to
the next floor and all the walls seemed to be made of more glass as I rotated
my vision, stunned by the magnificence of it all. As clichéd as it sounds, I really did feel
like I’d momentarily fallen into a Hollywood movie.
Watch this space.
Montana
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