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# Journalism 101: a Remedial Primer for Sean Plunket
- URL: https://goodoil.news/journalism-101-a-remedial-primer-for-sean-plunket/
- Published: 2020-02-14T22:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-14T23:02:31.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: Fun Stuff, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24

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Journalist Sean Plunket appears puzzled at how The BFD obtained a newsworthy photo, so I thought that I would help him out by putting together a remedial primer called Journalism 101\. (I’m very helpful like that.)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the-bfd-sean-plunket.jpg)

**How a newsworthy photo could find its way to *The BFD***:

1. Secret Squirrel.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/secret-delivery-squirrel.jpg)

The BFD. Secret squirrel. Photoshopped image credit Xavier

2.Carrier pigeon

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/slh03kuar50.jpg)

The BFD carrier pigeon reporting for duty after a hard days flight between Tauranga and Auckland.

3\. Via bike courier using secret double agent JAG.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pixy-the_bfd-jag02w_shopping-630x702-1.jpg)

The BFD. Secret double agent JAG delivering the latest secret photo to The BFD HQ. *Photoshopped image credit: Pixy*

4\. Via the internet thingy…

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gaoluc5tvxy.jpg)

The BFD. Photographer sending photo via the internet thingy

5\. Memory stick via NZ Post.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/9eid2zc_veo.jpg)

The BFD. USB memory stick via NZ Post (if you are not in a hurry)

6\. Glass bottle thrown into the sea.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1c7ipvxg4-0.jpg)

The BFD. Photo in a bottle.

7\. Found in a dumpster wrapped in dirty nappies.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/screen-shot-2020-02-14-at-6.42.47-pm.png)

The BFD. The dumpster technique.

8\. Pillow talk with someone’s wife, husband, mistress…

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/pcu5rnal19g.jpg)

The BFD. Pillow talk is a well-known method employed by Journalists since time immemorial.

9\. Loose lips and an open handbag at the Backbencher.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the_bfd-the-backbencher-237-1024x683-1.jpg)

The BFD. The Backbencher pub in Wellington.