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JOURNALISM WAS NEVER THE DREAM BUT DEFINITELY WHERE SHE WAS MEANT TO BE

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Lauren Paris (25) - picture sourced from Lauren Paris's Instagram account I took the time to sit down with Lauren Paris, who is a former news journalist for HeartFM and is currently a day-time show producer at Cape Town's most loved radio station. Lauren is an amazing person who one can instantly connect with when having a conversation. Her bubbly personality makes one feel so comfortable as if you have known each other for years. She is always willing to help and constantly wants to know more and how she can do better at something; it amazes me how she never knew that she was always meant to be a journalist.   "Journalism was never the dream but when it happened, I took it as a sign" said Ms Paris in the interview when she was asked whether it was always the plan to go into the media industry.   Paris who is born and bred in Cape Town; graduated from The Cape Peninsula University of Technology with a BTech Journalism Degree in 2018 and has not looked back e