The Ups and Downs of 45 Years in Newsprint
Stuart Flitton
Speaker Stuart Flitton takes us back to the 1970s when his career started with typewriters, ‘hot metal’ presses and fierce competition to get a scoop. This was the golden age of newspapers, but what happened to it and how? He will give an insight from within of how a mighty industry got left behind.
He describes the enormous changes he has witnessed as reporter and sub-editor in a career that covers a wide spectrum, from encounters with protesters and riot police in apartheid South Africa to the bizarre experience of auditioning to be a Chippendale!