SHAYNE Baird was a teenager who had just completed a secretarial course when a friend mentioned a job going at the Newcastle Herald.
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Fast forward 40 years and Mrs Baird has celebrated her 18th and 21st birthdays, met and married her former compositor husband Jim and become a mother to two and a grandmother to one, all while working at the masthead.
“It’s not just a job to me,” Mrs Baird said.
“I’ve never worked anywhere else and I hope I’ll be here for another 20 years. It’s been exciting – you’re somewhere where news breaks and you’re part of major events.
In Part V Inside the Newcastle Herald, Shayne offers a unique look at the Newcastle Herald – the moment when it is just a book of blank pages, long before the journalists, editors and advertising staff take up tomorrow’s edition.
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