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Article: 50 years for our Margaret.
- Article from:
- Dewsbury Reporter (Dewsbury, England)
- Article date:
- July 11, 2008
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THE Reporter's longest serving journalist celebrates 50 years with the company this month.
Margaret Watson started her career as a trainee journalist when she was 17 after attending Dewsbury College.
One of her first jobs was to report on a mill worker who had been with the same firm for 30 years.
Margaret said: "I remember thinking, 'how can anyone stay in one place for so long?'"
But although Margaret had the opportunity to move onto a bigger paper, she chose to stay with the Reporter.
She said: "It was a big thing for a local girl to be on a local paper and I chose to make my career on mine.
"I've been here for ...
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