What a year it’s been for politics!
Our lovely editorial team have worked so hard this year and produced some incredible political pieces, including Laila’s thought-provoking commentary on the conflict in Gaza, Cerys’ reporting of the Conservative’s autumn conference and Adam’s fantastic coverage of the chaotic by-elections.
Thomas has also been busy harnessing his journalistic skills and has conducted some brilliant interviews with the likes of Andrew RT Davies, Mick Antoniw and Mark Drakeford who have all provided us with some insightful and reflective commentary about Welsh politics, both past and present.
Initially, I was worried that we’d struggle to find other crazy people who actually enjoy writing about politics to contribute to the newspaper, but i’m pleased to say the uptake has been super successful, so thank you to everyone who has written something for us! We wouldn’t be able to function without the amazing students who contribute each edition, so they truly deserve the credit.
If you are reading this and thinking about potentially writing for us in the future, I couldn’t recommend it more!
Writing for the paper has been one of the best things I’ve done with my time at university so far.
Many may say print journalism is a dying trade, but I disagree.
There’s nothing more rewarding then seeing your hard work displayed in physical format, and that’s something of a novalty nowadays where our words and thoughts are stored in cyberspace and rarely written down.
Getting to bring home an actual newspaper with my name on it for my parents to read is such a rewarding feeling, and I couldn’t recommend it more to those who may be considering joining the Gair Rhydd team.
I have absolutely loved being Head of Politics this year, and I am so pleased to see that the politics section has grown to be the biggest in the paper!
Getting students engaged with what’s going on in the political sphere of the UK and the wider world is so important to me, and I really hope that our articles have helped educate and inform the lovely people who pick up our paper and read it.
It’s so important that students take an interest in politics. Our voices shouldn’t be silenced by fear of looking weird for caring about what our Government is doing. It matters!
I can’t wait to come back next year, where we’ll be covering the UK general election, the US presidential election and much, much more!