Freelance Journalist Interview with Jane Fae
We speak to journalist of many skills and interests Jane Fae - writer of 'Beyond the Circle', activist and independent academic, TV and radio debater and poetry performer. How can one person find the time to do all this in just one career?
Written by: Phoebe-Jane Boyd
Date: 14/11/2012
http://www.featuresexec.com/bulletin/interview_article.php?id=16519#.UKOSSIb5UisWhat's the most memorable work you've done so far in your journalism career?
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One that did go a way – global, in fact – was a story about the UK Government looking at removing gender from official documentation. That's not actually a big story if you are familiar with the IT and legal issues around identity and legal name and gender, but it stirred a certain amount of 'PC gone mad' commentary (which I was not altogether happy about), but also got the issue out into the open.
And I know I broke it, because it all arose from a chance conversation with someone at the Home Office: I asked an open question, expecting the usual spin; got back an answer that made me go, "huh –did you really just say that?" And when they confirmed, I had the story.
