My Perspective: From TV3 to 531pi, the newsroom goes on

When I started my broadcast journalism career in 2011 at TV3 News in Auckland, the newsroom was alive.

Desks were packed, phones were ringing, and cameras rolled day and night.

I was lucky enough to land an internship and spent my early months on the breakfast show first line, up at 4.30am, on air from six until nine.

The hours were brutal, but the buzz in the newsroom was electric. 15 years on, I find myself back on the morning shift, this time with Radio 531pi.

The thrill of live radio is still here, but so much else has changed.

TV3 as we knew it is gone, ad revenue has dried up, funding is tighter, and the trust in our media has been shaken.

But one thing hasn't changed over those years. Our stories matter, especially our Pacific stories.

The platforms may have changed, but the need remains.

So to our Pacific community, keep telling your stories, because they matter now more than ever.

That’s My Perspective.