I’ve deleted Brian’s comment, however for those wondering the gist it was accusing me of being an unprofessional journalist while working at a community paper in Sydney, a job that I left nearly two years ago.

I am 99 percent sure I know who that commenter is (not posting under his real name) and all I will say is that sometimes people get annoyed when the truth gets out. If you want to criticize me with facts, then go ahead, but just calling me names won’t fly and I’ll delete it. As I journalist I would never have something published that I couldn’t back up, so if you are going to have a go at my professionalism, I’ll only hear criticisms that come with a side dish of facts.

I very much enjoyed my work in community papers in Sydney advocating for the community and if there was any factual error in a story I would have organized a correction immediately. But two years later? That just smells like a grudge.

If you want to discuss this any further ‘Brian’, you can contact me via email at ashlee dot betteridge at g mail dot com. I’ll delete anything more from here.

And thanks to the others who commented.