Tweet by tweet account of the Crikey tete-à-tete

Testimonials (they’re real, honestly)

Jenny Cowie
Tom's mum
"I love it Tom. But, I am your Mum, so I am more than a little biased."

Ben Fordham
Reporter, Channel 9
"It's quite possibly the greatest website since awfulplasticsurgery.com."

David Penberthy
Former cadet,
The Adelaide Advertiser
Editor, The Punch
“I have seen the future of journalism and its name is Tom Cowie.”

Jason Whittaker
Deputy editor, Crikey
"His talent is clear, his tenacity inspiring, he is deeply and annoyingly impressive professionally and personally, and if you have the opportunity to hire him you'd be astonishingly stupid not to."

@BigHarto
Fake John Hartigan, Twitter
"You'd better grow some balls before your cadetship sunshine."

Ruth Brown
Outgoing website editor, Crikey
"I have taught you well, young padawan."

Leigh Josey
Production manager, Crikey
"You were an intern (with distinction) at Crikey."

Lawrie Zion
Journalism coordinator, La Trobe University
"We've done all we can with him here. Now it's someone else's turn."

Jon Faine
Mornings, ABC Radio Melbourne
"Are you promoting him?...He's succeeding!"
(Talking with Lawrie Zion about Tom on The Conversation Hour)

John Kerrison
Money editor, Sky Business Channel
"I’m mighty impressed by your writing style."

Lisa Pryor
Columnist, Sydney Morning Herald
"Some of the most flippant coverage of these serious allegations has come from media outlets that pride themselves on taking an intelligent approach to news and commentary."
(On an article Tom wrote for Crikey)

Christopher Scanlon
Freelance writer and lecturer, La Trobe University
"Tom is one of those self-starter journalists who can research and write right out of the box."

Future Tense
ABC Radio National, Twitter
"How's this for front? Former La Trobe journalism student with novel approach to securing his future."

Erdem Koç
Journalist, SBS Radio News and Current Affairs
"His work speaks for itself. It's simple -- I'd hire him if I could."

Amanda Meade
Media, The Australian
"Check out Tom's website."
(After mentioning Tom wants a job in the Media Diary)

Artan Jama
Journalist/Producer, SBS
"Smart, witty and hard working - Journalism as whole could do with more young journalists like Tom Cowie."

Rachel Buchanan
Lecturer and former columnist at The Age, La Trobe University
"Tom is a young, funny, multi-purpose journalist. Every home should have one!"

Paul Tatnell
Journalist, Sydney Morning Herald
"Fantastic idea mate, brilliant. Will be watching with interest."

Dan Bray
Freelance journalist
"Tom is a genuinely gifted individual."

Tweet by tweet account of the Crikey tete-à-tete

Well, I’m glad that’s out of the way.

An hour long grilling by Crikey‘s Sophie Black and Jason Whittaker. If you’re interested in how I went during the interview, Crikey intern Matt De Neef was very kind to live tweet the entire gruelling encounter (for best effect, read from the bottom up).

A more considered response will be posted on the interview and the journalism.co.uk piece tomorrow.

Good night!

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