OWL: To Shelby Fawcett
Date: 28 March 1999
Characters: Rita Skeeter, Shelby Fawcett
Location: Prophet Offices, wherever Shelby receives the owl.
Status: Private
Summary: In case you hadn't noticed...
Completion: Incomplete
Rita folded two copies of the morning's Prophet - well, two copies of everything that mattered, anyway - and tucked them into a black binder embossed with the newspaper's name. The selection was the front page and Ms Fawcett's editorial; she wouldn't need the rest. The folders were usually used for displaying clippings for special announcements that people had paid for - wedding announcements, birth notices, that sort of thing. Occasionally, though, the paper liked to give people who had published interviews copies of their articles, and even more seldom, like today, writers examples to show employers.
Rita had considered owling Ms Fawcett the previous day to let her know her editorial would be published the following morning, but in the end she had decided against it. Any budding journalist worth her salt would read the paper daily, and Rita thought, in the end, the surprise might be worth more than being notified. Hogwarts breakfasts were notoriously greasy, though, and it would not do for Ms Fawcett to tuck a bacon-stained newspaper clipping into her portfolio.
So, the folder. Rita briefly considered resizing it so the owl would find it easier to carry, but on such occasions as having one's first article in print, Rita supposed the writer deserved the delivery of oversized letters.
With it, she included a note.
Dear Ms Fawcett,
In case you hadn't noticed (though I'm sure you did), your editorial was published today. I have enclosed two copies of the front page and the article in question for inclusion in your portfolio.
If you are, indeed, serious about becoming a journalist, I would suggest you send in articles to as many publications as possible. Also, in case you were wondering, the Prophet does offer cadetships, which you might like to enquire about on completion of your NEWTs.
Good luck with your career, and I would be very interested to know what response, if any, your editorial garners from your classmates.
Regards,
Rita Skeeter
If the girl read the last line correctly, she would interpret it as an offer of future correspondence. Rita wasn't about to openly offer - people didn't get anywhere in this business by being given things on a plate - but she did have a fondness for green reporters, and perhaps she was feeling generous as well. She had, after all, been one once herself.
Characters: Rita Skeeter, Shelby Fawcett
Location: Prophet Offices, wherever Shelby receives the owl.
Status: Private
Summary: In case you hadn't noticed...
Completion: Incomplete
Rita folded two copies of the morning's Prophet - well, two copies of everything that mattered, anyway - and tucked them into a black binder embossed with the newspaper's name. The selection was the front page and Ms Fawcett's editorial; she wouldn't need the rest. The folders were usually used for displaying clippings for special announcements that people had paid for - wedding announcements, birth notices, that sort of thing. Occasionally, though, the paper liked to give people who had published interviews copies of their articles, and even more seldom, like today, writers examples to show employers.
Rita had considered owling Ms Fawcett the previous day to let her know her editorial would be published the following morning, but in the end she had decided against it. Any budding journalist worth her salt would read the paper daily, and Rita thought, in the end, the surprise might be worth more than being notified. Hogwarts breakfasts were notoriously greasy, though, and it would not do for Ms Fawcett to tuck a bacon-stained newspaper clipping into her portfolio.
So, the folder. Rita briefly considered resizing it so the owl would find it easier to carry, but on such occasions as having one's first article in print, Rita supposed the writer deserved the delivery of oversized letters.
With it, she included a note.
Dear Ms Fawcett,
In case you hadn't noticed (though I'm sure you did), your editorial was published today. I have enclosed two copies of the front page and the article in question for inclusion in your portfolio.
If you are, indeed, serious about becoming a journalist, I would suggest you send in articles to as many publications as possible. Also, in case you were wondering, the Prophet does offer cadetships, which you might like to enquire about on completion of your NEWTs.
Good luck with your career, and I would be very interested to know what response, if any, your editorial garners from your classmates.
Regards,
Rita Skeeter
If the girl read the last line correctly, she would interpret it as an offer of future correspondence. Rita wasn't about to openly offer - people didn't get anywhere in this business by being given things on a plate - but she did have a fondness for green reporters, and perhaps she was feeling generous as well. She had, after all, been one once herself.