Robin Martin - Journalism Tutor

Witnessing the roar of 80,000 frenzied football fans at the Fifa World Cup final in Berlin is just one of the many highlights of WITT journalism coordinator Robin Martin’s career.

Assigned the job of writing a daily blog for nzherald.co.nz, Robin attended 14 World Cup matches live while reporting on a fan’s life at the 2006 tournament in Germany

Journalism, says Robin, is a career that allows exponents of the craft the opportunity to witness history in the making, whether it be in the fields of politics, international news, local events, arts or sport.

The tough part is then reporting back to the public as it unfolds in a fair and accurate way, he says.

Trained at ATI in Auckland more than 20-years ago, Robin’s first reporting job was at the Auckland Star and Sunday Star-Times.

He did the traditional OE and while living in the UK ran the newsgathering operations of the South London Guardian’s Twickenham and Richmond editions before heading to Germany for a few years where he did some work as a freelancer.

Since his return to New Zealand in 1998, Robin has held various journalism jobs including stints at the Northern Advocate in Whangarei, the NZ Business Times and most recently as a senior sub-editor at the New Zealand Herald.

Back in his home town of New Plymouth, Robin combines freelance writing and sub-editing at the Taranaki Daily News with tutoring the National Diploma in Journalism at WITT.

Check out Robin’s current blog at http://taranakichronicles.wordpress.com/

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