G'day! 

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I'm Sam Watson and this is my website. Thanks for visiting! Here you'll be able to find my journalistic work for RSN, The Gippsland Times, RMIT & more. 

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I grew up in the South Gippsland town of Wonthaggi and it's there where my number one passion was born - sport.

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In my 22 year stint I've played just about any sport you can think of and I've spent just as much time watching it. Although I absolutely love all sorts of sport, I'd be lying if I said footy wasn't my clear favourite. 

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I've played footy for Kilcunda Bass since I was 10 and I often say to my friends "When I realised I wouldn't make it as a player in the AFL world, I thought I better become a journo and get in that way."

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In 2016 I started writing match reports on the seniors at Killy Bass. The reports were published every week in all three of my region's local newspapers. 

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It was hard to write about my beloved club when they lost and it became even harder to write when I started playing in the same games I was reporting on. Unfortunately, writing "Watson was dominant across half-back" every week wouldn't go down well with a few locals. 

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Back in 2014 I was lucky enough to do a week of work experience at the Herald Sun and there I was told to attend RMIT University if I want the best chance to succeed in the journalism world. 

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So thankfully I did well enough in VCE at Wonthaggi Secondary College and got accepted into RMIT's journalism program. After taking a gap year I started my course in 2018 and I've loved every minute of it. 

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I now feel more than comfortable doing all kinds of journalistic work. Whether that be interviewing, writing, content creating, photography, editing, presenting or producing. 

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In 2020 I will graduate from the journalism program and I feel like I'm more than ready to pursue a range of roles in the sports journalism industry. 

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I absolutely love the career path I've chosen and hopefully this website reflects that. 

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Thanks again for visiting! 

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Feel free to reach out or check out my CV.

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